Folded Ice Discovered Beneath Antarctica
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Glaciers in Antarctica are thinning faster than they did in the 1990s and researchers have discovered an unexpected folded section deep beneath the ice cap, findings that may indicate the ice is less stable than had been thought.
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The Gakkel Ridge, encased under the frozen Arctic Ocean, is steep and rocky, and scientists suspect its remote location hosts an array of undiscovered life. Researchers hope newly developed robots will give them their first look at the mysterious ridge located between Greenland and Siberia.
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Four large lakes found at the start of a rapidly moving ice stream offer the first direct link between the under-ice bodies of water and the rate at which ice flows into the ocean.
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Vienna - The man who 13 years ago discovered the frozen remains of a prehistoric iceman in an Alpine glacier was found dead in the Austrian Alps on Saturday, eight days after he went missing, rescue authorities said.
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BOSTON -- The Gakkel Ridge, encased under the frozen Arctic Ocean, is steep and rocky, and scientists suspect its remote location hosts an array of undiscovered life.
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[Technology India] Washington, Sep 16 : Scientists have proposed the building of a telescope in the Antarctic, claiming that the calm air above the icy landscape makes it the best place on Earth for astronomy.
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Microbe colonies discovered living under rocks in the Arctic and Antarctic are just the latest example of life's ability to cope with extremes.
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Are we really heading for an ice-free Arctic? More than 50,000 researchers hope to find an answer during a massive study of how global warming and other phenomena are changing the coldest parts of the Earth &#151; and what that means for the rest of it.
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Deep beneath the Antarctic ice sheets are at least 145 lakes that may be teeming with microscopic organisms similar to those that could be thriving beneath the ice on Jupiter's moon Europa.
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Ice cores drilled from deep beneath the floor of the Arctic Ocean show it was once warm enough for swimming.
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Scientists try to figure out how far off the next ice age is.
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Ice can be loaded with dirt and, by consequence, fragments of ancient DNA that have been preserved by the cold.
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U.S. scientists have found a new species of Antarctic fish that are about 13-inches long, thrive in the cold and have an interorbital pit with two openings.
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Scientists find four big lakes under the ice of Antarctica which may help explain how ice flows into the sea.
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID WASHINGTON - Icebergs that break off Antarctica and drift away turn out to be hotspots of life in the cold southern ocean, researchers report.
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British scientists find global warming is melting the ice of Antarctica faster than  previously thought.
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Ice cores drilled from under the floor of the Arctic Ocean show it was once warm enough for swimming.