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Scientists Name East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province Buried Under Ice

The hidden fan of connected basins steers East Antarctic ice flow, requiring more modelling and observations to test how it could affect ice stability and sea-level risk.

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New Studies Show Thwaites ‘Doomsday’ Glacier’s Ice Shelf Weakening as Fractures Double

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New Studies Trace Self-Reinforcing Antarctic Ice Retreat as Thwaites Shelf Weakens

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Study Finds Record Retreat of Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier

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Antarctic Sea Ice Has Entered an Abrupt Regime Shift, Nature Study Finds

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Antarctica Shows Signs of Abrupt Shift, With West Antarctic Ice Near Tipping Point

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Nature Review Finds Abrupt, Interlinked Antarctic Shifts With Global Consequences

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Repeated Meltwater Drainages Threaten Greenland’s 79°N Glacier Stability

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Scientists Confirm Upward-Draining Subglacial Flood in Greenland Ice Sheet

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Antarctica Records Rare Ice Mass Gain After Decades of Loss

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Ancient Iceberg Tracks in North Sea Illuminate Ice-Shelf Collapse 18,000 Years Ago

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New Map Unveils Detailed Topography Beneath Antarctica's Ice

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Greenland Ice Sheet Cracks Widen, Accelerating Ice Loss and Sea Level Rise

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ESA and NASA Satellites Reveal Accelerated Greenland Ice Sheet Melting

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NASA Discovers Abandoned Cold War Military Base Buried in Greenland Ice

Ice Sheets

Scientists Name East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province Buried Under Ice

Neumayer Station Loses Seven Containers as Storm‑Calved Iceberg Breaks Up

Scientists Warn Thwaites Glacier’s Eastern Ice Shelf Is About to Detach

Antarctic Surveys Find New Weddell Sea Islet and Under-Ice Erosion Hotspots

Thermal Convection Likely Drives Greenland’s Deep Ice Plumes, Study Finds

Greenland Core Shows Prudhoe Dome Vanished About 7,000 Years Ago

New Studies Show Thwaites ‘Doomsday’ Glacier’s Ice Shelf Weakening as Fractures Double

New Studies Trace Self-Reinforcing Antarctic Ice Retreat as Thwaites Shelf Weakens

Study Finds Record Retreat of Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier

Antarctic Sea Ice Has Entered an Abrupt Regime Shift, Nature Study Finds

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Antarctica Shows Signs of Abrupt Shift, With West Antarctic Ice Near Tipping Point

Nature Review Finds Abrupt, Interlinked Antarctic Shifts With Global Consequences

Repeated Meltwater Drainages Threaten Greenland’s 79°N Glacier Stability

Scientists Confirm Upward-Draining Subglacial Flood in Greenland Ice Sheet

Antarctica Records Rare Ice Mass Gain After Decades of Loss

Ancient Iceberg Tracks in North Sea Illuminate Ice-Shelf Collapse 18,000 Years Ago

New Map Unveils Detailed Topography Beneath Antarctica's Ice

Greenland Ice Sheet Cracks Widen, Accelerating Ice Loss and Sea Level Rise

ESA and NASA Satellites Reveal Accelerated Greenland Ice Sheet Melting

NASA Discovers Abandoned Cold War Military Base Buried in Greenland Ice

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