An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study published May 20 says.

During the last ice age, Antarctica’s ice sheets were significantly thicker than they are today, and similar processes may have played a role in past volcanic activity. However, the current rate ...

Antarctica, a continent 98 percent covered ... studies indicate similar activity occurred after the last ice age. Approximately 12,000 to 7,000 years ago, during the deglaciation period, or ...

The British Antarctic survey (dramatic music ... And to find an answer, we don't have to look any further than the last ice age in the South Andes. - [Allie] Basically what we see in the Southern ...

Historical evidence indicates that similar processes may have occurred during the last ice age when Antarctica’s ice sheet was much thicker. While the study emphasizes the slow pace of these ...

Scientists issue a dire warning that even the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming target is too high and will have catastrophic ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS ... and Asia have been rising for about 12,000 years since the end of the last ice age. This is why terms like mean sea level aren't as simple as they first ...

A new study investigating ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice suggests that global increases in wildfire activity likely occurred during periods of abrupt climate change throughout the last Ice ...

Ice that built up in Antarctica over tens to hundreds of ... spiked during abrupt climate change periods during the last Ice Age, which ended about 11,000 years ago. These abrupt climate change ...

At Antarctica’s McMurdo Station ... These influences and effects are not new. At the last ice age, only 20,000 years ago, global cooling of around 5 degrees Celsius (roughly about 9 degrees Fahrenheit ...

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