Oceanography
The strange ice sheets in Antarctica
A large block of ice looks like a giant mint candy, with beautiful blue, green and brown stripes. The other one looks like it's pierced by a spear.
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Oceanography
The cause of ice on Earth melted fast
Warming air due to climate change is not the only factor that increases ice melting speed at Earth's poles.
Oceanography
Research on climate change on melting glaciers
The pure ice cubes that you often put in a glass to drink, look quite solid. But if you had a really round block, really big made of ice, ...
Oceanography
Ice mountains 'disrupt' ecological diversity in the Antarctic seabed
Antarctic worms, sea spiders, sea urchins and other marine species that live near the shore are often hit by glaciers. New information shows that the habitat along the A…
Oceanography
Ice mountains know how to sing!
Scientists are examining the tremors of the Earth's crust in Antarctica believing they have found an ice mountain. This interesting discovery is published in today's iss…
Archeology
The quest for the forest 280 million years ago in Antarctica
Geologists, despite extreme temperatures, crossed glaciers and snow mountains to find traces of a forest that existed in Antarctica hundreds of millions of years ago.
Archeology
Reveal the true cause of the mammoth extinction
Recently, the results of DNA analysis of extinct animals that have been carried out on a large scale have shown that mammoths and other giant creatures that once lived i…
Archeology
Mummies on the glacier at the summit of Mexico mountain
Two mummies under the ice on the mountain of Mexico, most likely the bodies of the missing climbers in an avalanche more than 50 years ago, have been found.
Archeology
China discovered traces of glaciers 2 million years old
Chinese scientists have discovered the area once covered by a glacier about 2 to 3 million years old.
Archeology
Contact the phenomenon of melting glaciers in Peru with Little Ice Age in Europe
The new study published the exact date of glacial period ice in southern Peru tells us the relationship between tropical climate changes and similar phenomena in Europe…
Archeology
Comets destroy the 'monster' ice age
The blocks from the space that hit glaciers in eastern Canada about 12,900 years ago may have completely destroyed the giant mammoth mammoth.
Space science
Reveal the secret of a giant heart shape on Pluto
Scientists have recently revealed more information about the giant heart on Pluto that caused fever in 2015.
Space science
Discover the mysterious ice lake on Pluto
NASA has just published a picture depicting a deep pit shaped like a large lake that once existed on the surface of Pluto.
Space science
The mystery of the Solar System can be found in Antarctica?
The iron meteorite layer beneath the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet can carry a lot of information about our solar system formation.
Space science
Detecting hills 'drifting' on Pluto's nitrogen glacier
NASA has just announced the discovery of hills floating on a nitrogen glacier at Pluto's surface. Images provided by New Horizon explorer ship to Earth.