Environment
Alarming milestone: the Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in just 3 years
New research sounds the alarm: At the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions, the Arctic Ocean will have its first ice-free day in 2027.
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Environment
'Antarctica's seemingly impregnable ice sheet is melting from below'
Climate and ocean experts point to signs that even Earth's vast polar ice sheet has its limits, and that limit is shrinking.
Environment
Warning: Earth rotates more slowly as polar ice melts
Researchers predict that in the next few years, every person in this world will lose 1 second of their daily time.
Environment
A new island suddenly appeared after the ice melted
Scientists discovered a newly revealed object that looks like an island in Antarctica, about 30-35m high above sea level.
Environment
What if tomorrow woke up, all the ice on Earth would have melted?
Freezing on Earth, 99% is at 2 poles, 1% is inland. And any part that melts, mankind has suffered terrible consequences.
Environment
Greenland lost nearly 200 billion tons of ice in a month
Hot weather dissipates a large amount of ice in Greenland, causing the global sea level to rise 0.5 mm.
Animal world
The 41,000-year-old worm is resurrecting from ice
The multicellular bacteria and animals are gradually recovering when the polar ice begins to melt. One of the specimens has a life expectancy of up to 41,000 years.
Environment
The permafrost of the permafrost dissolves earlier than 70 years in shock
Permanent permafrost in distant places in Canada's Arctic region is thawing 70 years earlier than expected.
Environment
Is this picture a warning that 'everything is too late'?
The photo of a swarm of domestic sled dogs in Greenland startled the world community and was shared on the internet over the weekend. Is it still timely to combat climat…
Environment
Science claims that there will be at least 187 million people lost their place at the end of the century
The reason everyone guessed it was: climate change again.
Environment
Greenland ice melted six times faster, raising global sea levels
Scientists have found that the area of Greenland ice sheets is decreasing with the melting of ice into the oceans never seen in nearly half a century.
Environment
Every second 14,000 tons of water flows into the sea because the Arctic ice melts
New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters shows that ice melting in the Arctic causes 14,000 tons of water to flow into the oceans every secon…
Discover science
Why can salt dissolve ice quickly?
In fact, using salt to melt ice doesn't just appear in life tips or fun experiments at home.
Oceanography
Antarctic fish stocks are showing signs of decline
The Union of Environmental Organizations has issued a statement calling for protection of the marine environment in the Ross Sea in Antarctica to prevent the development…
Oceanography
Ice in the Arctic is likely to disappear by 2030
The Arctic ice has melted with unprecedented speed this past summer. US scientists warn that global warming may cause the Arctic ice to disappear by September 2030.