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Researchers show alarming concern over the rapid thinning of Antarctic Ice Shelves

Mar 27, 2015

The thickness of Antarctica's floating ice shelves has recently decreased by as much as 18 percent according to a recent study. This has resulted to the depletion of the bulwark that prevents the permanent coll...

Environmental study of Greenland Ice Sheet can change the landscape for renewable energy stocks

Cody Gash

Dec 17, 2014

Innovation

At least two new reports have surfaced concerning the situation of the Greenland ice sheet. The two separate studies are more of new warnings concerning global warming than fresh environmental updates. The rese...

Submersible Linux-powered ice robot says Antarctic ice thicker than thought

Charles Omedo

Nov 25, 2014

Innovation

An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), called SeaBed, used by British, American, and Australian scientists to scan Antarctic ice layers in the Weddell, Bellingshausen, and Wilkes areas of the Antarctic has tra...

Scientists to study impact of global warming on Arctic ice

Platonium

Jul 16, 2014

Innovation

The Arctic regions continue to melt as Earth's temperatures rise, and scientists from across the globe are strengthening their efforts to study the frigid regions and better understand global warming. Headed...

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