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Warm water threatens vast Anatarctic ice shelf (+video)

A new study indicates that a large ice sheet is at risk. Warm water from below is causing it to melt.
Antarctic ice melting from below, reveals satellite (+video)

Antarctica's ice shelves are being melted away by warm ocean currents underneath, shows data collected from a NASA satellite.
What's to blame for melting Antarctic ice? (+video)

Like a hot beverage melts ice cubes, scientists have determined that warm ocean currents are thinning Antarctic ice.
Study finds way more emperor penguins than previously thought

New satellite data reveals that emperor penguins are far more abundant in Antarctica than previously estimated.
Enormous subglacial Lake Vostok could hold clues for alien life

Since drilling through miles of ice to reach the massive underground lake, scientists have begun to speculate on what exists, or lives, in the frigid freshwater.
Antarctic glacier melt explained

Antarctic glacier melt is a major cause of rising sea levels. With the help of a robotic underwater vehicle, scientists have now determined why one big glacier is disappearing.
Alien species could damage Antarctic ecosystems

Alien species, like the chironomid midge, can thrive in icy Antarctic climates and could damage the environment if they were to expand.
Mysterious mountains found hidden beneath Antarctic ice

Beneath the ice of Antarctica is a vast mountain range that rivals the Alps in its majesty.
Thar's shrimp in them thar seas! NASA finds shrimp in Antarctica.

NASA scientists were surprised to find shrimp and jellyfish below the ice in Antarctica.
Bright Green
Were they really predicting an ice age in the 1970s?
Which is the bigger polluter – humans or volcanoes?

EarthTalk: If you said ‘volcanoes,’ guess again. Here’s why.
Horizons
It's getting warmer in Antarctica
Antarctica's Wilkins Ice Shelf eroding at an unforeseen pace

Scientists say the breakup is a harbinger of what's to come if the region continues warming.
Tiny krill are deep-sea divers
On the horizon: News from the frontiers of science

Rat populations affect shoreline ecosystem, shrimplike krill found at new depths, worms show traces of personal-care products.