Biology
The melted 15,000-year-old glacier could release new viruses
A team of US and Chinese scientists studied two ice cores from a glacier in the Tibetan Plateau and discovered 28 completely new virus samples.
Melting Glaciers
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1001 mystery
Glaciers melt to reveal mysterious objects
A strange, inexplicable mysterious object has just been exposed after the Antarctic melting of ice, sparking speculation about its origin.
Environment
When the glaciers in Iceland melt into small streams
The thickness of the ice on the Solheimajokull River between these two snow-covered year-round mountains has decreased by 40m per year for the past 10 years.
Environment
The world's fastest melting glaciers through satellite images 30 years apart
Two satellite images of a glacier in Patagonia (Chile) 30 years apart have shown that it loses half its length.
Environment
Sea level will rise by 0.9m in the next 80 years, millions of people will be displaced
Sea level is likely to rise more than 0.9m in the next 80 years. Most reefs in warm water areas will die.
Discover science
Building walls on the seabed helps prevent sea level rise?
According to a new study published in Cryosphere Magazine, the construction of seabed walls can prevent melting glaciers as well as sea level rise.
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, ...
Environment
Global warming is defrosting ... World War I corpses
After nearly a century, perfectly preserved frozen bodies lay dormant in the ice sheets that came back to tell about the most majestic war in history -
Environment
Mexico will not have glaciers?
According to Delgado, the freezing temperature, allowing ice to exist on the snowy peaks in volcanoes in Mexico, is about to exceed the permissible threshold and this wi…
Environment
Melted glacier water subsides the ocean floor
Dutch experts warn that the current sea-level assessment methods do not take into account the increased volume of the entire ocean as glaciers and ice shelves melt.
Environment
Smith Glacier Glacier melted much faster than expected
Smith Glacier - a large glacier located in the West South Pole, has been thinning 0.5 km of thickness in the past seven years, much faster than scientists have forecast.
Environment
Earth turns slower because of global warming
The ice melts due to global warming causing the Earth to rotate more slowly and become longer.
Environment
Find the main culprit causing the glaciers to melt
According to the first scientific study of the specific human impact on melting in glaciers, scientists found that humans are the main cause of this phenomenon.
Environment
What happens when ice in the West Antarctica melts?
According to a recent NASA climate study, West Antarctic ice sheets are melting uncontrollably, glaciers are melting and flowing into the sea.
Environment
20% of Canadian glaciers disappeared in this century
The increase in global average temperature of 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) is enough to melt glaciers in northern Canada islands.