Hidden Lakes Speed Ice Flow Into Ocean
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Just as explorers once searched the vast reaches of Africa's Nile River for clues to its behavior and ultimate source, modern-day scientists are searching Antarctica for its hidden lakes and waterways that can barely be detected at the surface of the ice sheet.
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Beneath the snow, ice and bitter cold of Antarctica, scientists have discovered a network of lakes that fill and empty with rapidly flowing water.
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Shrinking ice sheets and melting glaciers are making northern seas less salty, researchers say.
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Blog: British research shows glaciers moving faster than ever.
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A complex network of rivers and reservoirs beneath the Antarctic Ice sheet is mapped by US scientists.
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Melting glaciers, ice sheets and snow cover could speed the rate at which the planet heats up, causing rising sea levels, flooding and water shortages that impact as many as 40 percent of the world's population, a U.N. report said Monday.
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Sea spiders, tiny "shrimp," and giant barnacles are among the potential new species discovered where a vast ice shelf used to be.
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WASHINGTON - Peering deep into the sea, scientists are finding creatures more mysterious than many could have imagined.  At one site, nearly two miles deep in the Atlantic, shrimp were living around a vent that was releasing water heated to 765 degrees Fahrenheit.
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The collapse of two Antarctic ice shelves is offering scientists a glimpse of rarely seen species&#8212;and at how pristine ocean ecosystems respond to sudden change.&#149; See photos >>
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An ambitious two-year effort aims to understand the vital, shifting dynamics of ice, oceans and life at the ends of the earth.
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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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PROVIDENCE, RI - Scientists believe a 50-million-year record of the Earth&#39;s climate lies in an underwater mountain chain in the ice-clogged waters near the North Pole.
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The island is losing ice at a rate of 59 cubic miles (248 cubic kilometers) a year, contributing to a rise in global sea levels, experts report.
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The average temperature of the water near the top of the Earth's oceans has significantly cooled since 2003.
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â¢ Glaciers in the Antarctic and Greenland are melting much faster than expected, and the world&#39;s fastest-receding glacier, the Grand Pacific in Glacier Bay, Alaska, has doubled its rate.
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Tiny channels in the Arctic ice support creatures that play a crucial role in climate-affected ecosystems.
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Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said Tuesday they have collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms in the murky depths.