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Un iceberg flota en el océano cerca de Antártica.
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La acidez del océano antártico aumentará rápidamente a finales del siglo

by Nathaniel Scharping 11 March 202411 March 2024

Nuevos estudios muestran que los niveles de acidez podrían llegar a duplicarse para el 2100, poniendo en peligro los ecosistemas frágiles del gélido Océano Austral.

A schematic of the coupled ocean-ice model of rift propagation presented in the paper.
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Speed of Ice Shelf Rifting Controlled by Ocean-Ice Interactions

by Susan Trumbore 4 March 20244 March 2024

Scientists report the fastest rate of rift extension yet observed for an Antarctic floating ice shelf and explain why it is far slower than rates expected for brittle ice deformation.

A glacier in blue water
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El Niño May Have Kicked Off Thwaites Glacier Retreat

by Grace van Deelen 26 February 202428 February 2024

Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” started losing mass midcentury, around the same time as its neighboring glacier.

Several long tubes of ice in transparent plastic rest in a freezer. A pair of hands clad in blue gloves with black cuffs reaches down into the freezer. On the wrapper of each tube of ice is a label handwritten in blue—FL_104, FL_105, and so forth—as well as arrows pointing to one end of the ice.
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Antarctic Ice Cores Capture Heavy Metal Pollution—And History

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 26 February 202423 April 2024

An ice core record stretching back more than 2 millennia hints at the mining and metallurgy that waxed and waned with events such as wars and epidemics.

A black and white satellite image shows sea ice, with cracks appearing bright white, beside snow-covered landfast ice (gray) and land (dark).
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Monitoring Polar Ice Change in the Twilight Zone

by Ted Scambos, Christopher Shuman, Mark Fahnestock, Tasha Snow and Christopher Crawford 20 February 202421 February 2024

Landsat’s new extended data collection program is mapping Arctic and Antarctic regions year-round, even in polar twilight.

An iceberg floats in the ocean near Antarctica.
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Antarctica’s Ocean Acidity Set to Rise Rapidly by Century’s End

by Nathaniel Scharping 9 February 202411 March 2024

New research shows acidity levels could as much as double by 2100, imperiling fragile ecosystems in the frigid Southern Ocean.

Satellite photo of Earth with a large shadow covering Antarctica.
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Solar Eclipses May Initiate Disturbances in Geospace

by Yuichi Otsuka 6 February 20245 February 2024

The statistical evidence from 21 years of data suggests that a solar eclipse may trigger a geomagnetic substorm, which is a disturbance in the Earth’s magnetosphere and ionosphere.

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Deep Learning Tackles Deep Uncertainty 

by Nicholas Golledge 26 January 202424 January 2024

A new method based on artificial intelligence could help accelerate projections of polar ice melt and future sea level rise.

Model from the study.
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Overturning Ocean Water by Turbulence

by Nicolas Gruber 11 January 20248 January 2024

A high-resolution regional model of the Southern Ocean reveals how topographically induced mixing in the abyss is important in creating the water masses that can upwell back up to the surface.

Scattered pieces of ice float in an icy sea. Snowy mountains and a cloudy sky are seen in the distance.
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Seawater Dynamics in an Underexplored Antarctic Fjord

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 3 January 20243 January 2024

Wind is the major driver of salinity changes within the narrow, glacier-fed cove.

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