Measurements from 'lost' Seaglider offer new insights into Antarctic ice melting Date: November 8, 2024 Source: University of East Anglia Summary: New research reveals for the first time how a ...

New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ocean waters over the last four decades. Scientists from the University ...

Warming temperatures may be changing the ways ice forms, making it more likely to stick to and injure polar bears in two far north populations.

Life-seeking, ice-melting robots could punch through Europa’s icy shell At long last, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is on its way. It launched on October 14 and is now en route to its target ...

"Polar bears in these high Arctic populations aren't used to [freeze-thaw cycles], and that's what we think we're seeing here on these paws." Melting sea ice, disappearing high-fat food sources ...

A second possibility is that more warm spells are causing the surface snow to melt and then refreeze into a hard crust. The heavy polar bears break through this ice crust, cutting their paws on ...

While there has been ample previous research on related phenomena like ice melt and sea ice melt, the scientists behind the new paper bluntly declare that “this trend echoes a wider pattern of ...

Population assessments have revealed that polar bears in Greenland are suffering from crippling wounds on their paws due to wet snow that gets stuck to the pads and freezes into blocks.

Some polar bears living in the far north are turning up with ice-related injuries that, in some cases, seriously affect their ...