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A team of researchers stands in front of an airplane in Antarctica.
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Newly Discovered Lake May Offer a Glimpse into Antarctica’s Past

by Andrew J. Wight 9 June 20229 June 2022

Scientists dive in—metaphorically—to Lake Snow Eagle, only recently revealed through ice-penetrating radar.

River flow paths in Iceland derived from HydroSHEDS.
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Charting Paths to New Knowledge

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 20 May 20221 June 2022

In our June issue of Eos, we home in on the unique ways researchers are using maps to better understand Earth and beyond.

A weather station stands atop a rock outcrop in the foreground, above a glacier flowing between mountains and into the water.
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Glacial Knowledge Gaps Impede Resilience to Sea Level Rise

by Ginny Catania, Twila Moon and Andy Aschwanden 11 May 20221 June 2023

Changes to the support, culture, and community organization of U.S. glaciology are needed to advance understanding of glacial change and better predict rising seas and other ice loss impacts.

Colapso de la plataforma de hielo Conger
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Una nueva pista sobre el colapso de la plataforma de hielo antártica

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 10 May 202210 May 2022

Un tipo particular de tormenta coincidió con 13 de los 21 eventos recientes de desprendimiento en la Antártida.

Satellite images show the collapse of the Conger ice shelf.
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A New Clue to Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 22 April 202230 January 2024

A particular kind of storm coincided with 13 of the 21 recent calving events in Antarctica.

Three figures from the paper showing a map of bedrock channels on the seafloor, an image of a remotely-operated vehicle, and an image of potholes.
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New Observations Reveal Ancient Subglacial Water Paths

by Olga Sergienko 13 April 20222 August 2022

Analyses of new shipboard and ROV observations of bedrock channels carved by floods and outbursts from subglacial lakes under Antarctica shed light on complex subglacial processes.

A wall of ice looms over an expanse of rocks.
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Impact Structure Hidden Under Arctic Ice Dates to the Paleocene

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 13 April 202213 April 2022

Greenland’s Hiawatha impact structure, more than 30 kilometers in diameter, is much older than previously thought, new results suggest.

Aerial view of an ice stupa in Ladakh, India.
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Ice Towers May Hold Promise—and Water—for Some Cold, Dry Places

by Carolyn Wilke 1 April 20221 April 2022

A new study that cues into the formation of ice cones for storing glacial meltwater reveals how the structures can be built more efficiently and which climatic conditions work best.

Meltwater draining through a crack in a glacier
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It’s Getting Hot Under Greenland

by Danielle Beurteaux 29 March 202229 March 2022

Meltwater draining through an area of the Greenland Ice Sheet creates enough energy to rival that of a massive hydroelectric power station, researchers say.

Detailed image shows sculpted layers of ice at Mars’s south pole.
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The Bumpy Search for Liquid Water at the South Pole of Mars

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 8 March 20228 March 2022

Studies since 2018 have provided competing explanations of bright radar reflections from the base of the south polar ice cap.

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