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Underwater robot reveals how Thwaites Glacier is melting

Underwater robot reveals how Thwaites Glacier is melting

For the first time, researchers have collected data from underneath the remote Thwaites...

Lakes isolated beneath Antarctic ice could be more amenable to life than thought

Lakes isolated beneath Antarctic ice could be more amenable...

This is the finding of a new study that could help researchers determine the best...

UCI and NASA JPL scientists study impact of warm, salty water beneath glaciers

UCI and NASA JPL scientists study impact of warm, salty...

UCI and NASA JPL researchers used boats, aircraft and other methods to quantify...

Two months at sea to explore the Southern Ocean's contribution to climate regulation

Two months at sea to explore the Southern Ocean's contribution...

The Southern Ocean, which surrounds the Antarctic continent, south of the Atlantic,...

Oceanographers have an explanation for the Arctic's puzzling ocean turbulence

Oceanographers have an explanation for the Arctic's puzzling...

Since the 1970s, researchers have observed a peculiar pattern in the Arctic: In...

Mission to investigate giant iceberg launches

Mission to investigate giant iceberg launches

A research mission to determine the impact of the giant A-68a iceberg on one of...

Icebreaker leaves Australia after 150 Antarctica trips

Icebreaker leaves Australia after 150 Antarctica trips

The giant orange icebreaker Aurora Australis left Australia for the final time on...

Arctic Ocean sediments reveal permafrost thawing during past climate warming

Arctic Ocean sediments reveal permafrost thawing during...

Sea floor sediments of the Arctic Ocean can help scientists understand how permafrost...

Research: Sea ice loss is accelerating in the Eastern Arctic Ocean

Research: Sea ice loss is accelerating in the Eastern Arctic...

Oceanic heat takes over atmospheric heating in melting back sea ice in the eastern...

Environmental changes in the Arctic put pressure on fisheries data collection

Environmental changes in the Arctic put pressure on fisheries...

Saildrone USVs enabled the Alaska Fisheries Science Center to perform the 2020 Alaska...

Scientists uncover ‘hidden’ water of the Arctic ocean

Scientists uncover ‘hidden’ water of the Arctic ocean

Scientists working with marine robots have measured previously hidden patches of...

Freshwater runoff from rivers brings more carbon, nutrients to Arctic Ocean

Freshwater runoff from rivers brings more carbon, nutrients...

Higher concentrations of trace elements in surface waters benefit North Pole

Hydrocarbon seeps fuel biological production in the Arctic Ocean

Hydrocarbon seeps fuel biological production in the Arctic...

Evidence of hydrocarbon seepage is widespread in the Barents Sea and other regions...

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