Antarctica
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Antarctica’s fourth biggest ice shelf is on the verge of collapse
"This event will fundamentally change the landscape of the Antarctic Peninsula."
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The warmer it gets, the more it snows in Antarctica. Huh?
Counterintuitively, a warmer planet means more snow on the Southern Continent. And that's a good thing.
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Antarctica is about to lose a chunk of ice the size of Delaware
It could destabilize one of the continent's largest ice shelves.
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Over half of Antarctica’s badass Adélie penguins could get wiped out by climate change
This isn’t the first time we’re hearing of threats to the tuxedo-clad birds -- but there might be some good news for their future.
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Surprise! Pumping water onto Antarctica to prevent sea level rise is a bad idea
But these scientists worked out the details just to be sure.
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Antarctica’s clouds are a big mystery to climate scientists
West Antarctic clouds could have a major effect on sea-level rise. A new project aims to better understand them.
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You don’t even wanna know what happens if we burn all the fossil fuels
But it involves no more Antarctic ice and WAY more ocean.
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Climate change is messing with gravity again
Antarctic ice is still melting at a gravity-shifting rate. Climate change is really heavy stuff.
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This chafing ice sheet is making us really uncomfortable
A new model of the West Antarctic ice sheet shows friction's role in keeping the giant slab from collapsing.