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Scientists have found that water ice in space isn't completely disordered as once believed. New research shows that up to 25% ...
Greenland’s ice-covered landscape looks like an immovable block on satellite maps. Yet the story beneath its center suggests ...
Imagine walking a snowy plain, mammoths looming nearby, and knowing enormous cats once prowled in their shadow. These ancient ...
Would you travel four days to go to Antarctica? No? I did. Two days to get there and two to get back, but in between were ...
New research from Boston University reveals that while warmer summers can speed up tree growth, declining snowpack may slow ...
"Ice in the rest of the universe has long been considered a snapshot of liquid water – that is, a disordered arrangement fixed in place. Our findings show this is not entirely true." ...
The Universe’s most abundant ice isn’t formless—it’s secretly laced with crystals. And that might change how we think about ...
Sediments in a lagoon near Darwin hold traces of changes to monsoonal rains over 150,000 years. Here’s what it means as Earth ...
Ice Sheets Today offers the latest satellite data and scientific analyses on surface melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Southern Hemisphere.
Sea ice data is updated daily, with a one-day lag. On occasion, there is data delay which is usually resolved within a few days. The orange line in extent and concentration images (left and middle) ...