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Ice Planet Survey: 85 New Subglacial Lakes Detected Below Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

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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Ice Planet Update: Mysterious Patterns Revealed Under An Antarctic Ice Shelf

by Keith Cowing

An international research team deployed the uncrewed submersible ‘Ran’ underneath 350 m thick ice. They got back the very first detailed maps of the underside of a glacier, revealing clues […]

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Ice Planet Update: New Tipping Point Discovered Beneath Earth’s Antarctic Ice Sheet

by Keith Cowing

A new and worrying way that large ice sheets can melt has been characterised by scientists for the first time. The research focuses on how relatively warm seawater can lap […]

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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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