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‘Everyone should be concerned’: Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded

With the continent holding enough ice to raise sea levels by many metres if it was to melt, polar scientists are scrambling for answers.

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Giant Antarctic lake ‘suddenly disappears’ leaving four square mile crater

Researchers believe it could have important implications for global warming projections – and the possible collapse of ice shelves.
Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is in trouble, new data shows

Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is in trouble, new data shows

Glaciers all over Antarctica are in trouble as ice there rapidly melts. There’s no Antarctic glacier whose fate is more consequential for our future than the Thwaites Glacier, and new research in Science Advances shows that things aren’t looking good.
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West Antarctica's Getz glaciers flowing faster
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Climate change: West Antarctica's Getz glaciers flowing faster

Satellites record the speed-up of glaciers along a 1,000km stretch of Antarctic coastline.
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The world’s largest iceberg is headed for South Georgia—and its wildlife

The world’s largest iceberg is headed for South Georgia—and its wildlife

Scientists worry the iceberg could be a “taste of things to come” as Antarctica begins to warm.
The new video of one of the scariest places on Earth
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The new video of one of the scariest places on Earth

For the first time, scientists have a clear view of the line where the giant Thwaites Glacier is leaking water into the ocean.
The world’s largest ice shelf is melting at a ridiculously high rate
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The world’s largest ice shelf is melting at a ridiculously high rate

The Ross Ice Shelf, which stabilizes the West Antarctic ice sheet, is melting 10 times faster than the average ice shelf, researchers warn.
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