[ESA] Soon to be frozen in space and time, this alien-looking vessel is beginning its first mission into drifting ice in the Arctic Ocean. A dozen people won’t leave it […]
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Ancient Rocks Reveal Annual Climate Cycles During Snowball Earth
Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that the Earth’s climate continued to fluctuate during its most extreme ice age – known as Snowball Earth.
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Ice Planet Research: Six-million-year-old Antarctic Ice Offers Glimpse Into Warmer Era Of Earth’s Past
A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ice in Antarctica — the oldest dated ice on the planet.
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Ice Planet Survey: 85 New Subglacial Lakes Detected Below Antarctica
Hidden beneath the biggest ice mass on Earth, hundreds of subglacial lakes form a crucial part of Antarctica’s icy structure, affecting the movement and stability of glaciers, and consequentially influencing […]
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Microscopic Life Inhabiting Glacial Habitats On The Tibetan Plateau
Glaciers are important regulators of the Earth’s climate system, affecting the hydrological cycle, energy balance and the development of downstream ecosystems. Other than the polar regions, the Tibetan Plateau stands […]
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Ice Planet Assay: Machine Learning Model Calculates The Volume Of All Earth’s Glaciers
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 […]
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Ice Planet Orbital Recon: A23a Earth’s Largest Iceberg
The Ocean and Land Colour Instrument on Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this image of Earth’s biggest iceberg, A23a, on 5 April 2025.
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Geophysical Tests for Habitability In Ice-covered Ocean Worlds
Geophysical measurements can reveal the structure of icy ocean worlds and cycling of volatiles. The associated density, temperature, sound speed, and electrical conductivity of such worlds thus characterizes their habitability. […]