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Ice Planet Update: Landing A Droid On The Antarctic Seabed – Formation Of Antarctica’s Ice Sheet

by Keith Cowing

In recent years global warming has left its mark on the Antarctic ice sheets. The “eternal” ice in Antarctica is melting faster than previously assumed, particularly in West Antarctica more […]

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Preserving Our Home World’s Cryosphere: World Meteorological Organization

by Keith Cowing

Editor’s note: The Astrobiology community is all excited about two missions that wil; explore the ice worlds orbiting Jupiter with a focus of understanding their potential to host habitable – […]

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Giant Viruses Have Been Found On Greenland’s Ice Sheet

by Keith Cowing

Every spring when the sun rises in the Arctic after months of darkness, life returns. The polar bears pop up from their winter lairs, the arctic tern soar back from […]

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McGill High Arctic Research Station Photo Report – Dale Andersen: 8 April 2009 Colour Peak Springs

by Keith Cowing

There are several regions on Earth where mean annual temperatures are well below freezing and yet liquid water persists. Such polar regions provide excellent analogs to study the hydrological cycle […]

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