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First machine learning model developed to calculate the volume of all glaciers on Earth
A team of researchers led by Niccolò Maffezzoli, "Marie Curie" fellow at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the University of California, Irvine, and an associate member of the Institute of Polar ...
The Cool Down10h
Scientists issue dire warning as conditions shift at remote 'blue ice' glacier: 'It's the last chance for humanity'
Scientists who have been monitoring the Union Glacier in Antarctica say the overheating of our planet could be speeding up ...
Earth.com15h
Ice piracy: Antarctic glacier discovered 'stealing' ice from its neighbor, and that's not a good thing
A fast-moving glacier in West Antarctica is “stealing” ice from its neighbor in a newly observed case of ice piracy.
The Debrief17h
James Webb Space Telescope Confirms Major Discovery of Water Ice in Alien Planetary System for the First Time
The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the presence of water ice in a planetary system beyond our own for the first ...
Yale Climate Connections21h
‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey wins first-ever Climate Fiction Prize
The 2024 novel “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey has been awarded the first-ever Climate Fiction Prize. The £10,000 ($13,240) ...
20,000-year-old cave sediments on Alaskan island provide new climate clues
Paul Wilcox, a geologist at the University of Innsbruck, has discovered the first land-based evidence of meltwater pulses ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
A Trove of Ice Age Fossils Buried in a Wyoming Cave Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Prehistoric Animals
At a site known as Natural Trap Cave, a team of scientists are rappelling down to uncover the secrets of what the Earth was ...