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A dark, moody image of ice parcels floating in the Arctic on a cloudy day
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The Survival of Arctic Sea Ice May Depend on Its Travel Routes

by Mahima Samraik 9 December 20249 December 2024

Researchers find that the motions of ice parcels determine which ones survive the annual summer melt.

White and bright blue icebergs against a dark blue ocean photographed from above.
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Scientists Find Clues to Atlantic Current’s Future in Ancient Iceberg Debris

by Elise Cutts 23 July 202423 July 2024

Modern ice loss from Greenland rivals the most dramatic episodes of ice sheet collapse.

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.

Satellite image showing black water next to white ice with cracks
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Supercharged El Niño Could Speed Up Southern Ocean Warming

by Erin Martin-Jones 24 March 202324 April 2023

Projected changes to El Niño will likely accelerate warming of the deep oceans around the Antarctic, supplying heat that could drive ice loss and sea level rise.

The research vessel CCGS Hudson in Southwind Fjord, Baffin Island, with the iceberg that initiated a submarine landslide in the background.
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An Iceberg May Have Initiated a Submarine Landslide

by Andrew Chapman 20 July 20218 November 2022

A new study shows that icebergs may initiate submarine landslides when they collide with the seafloor.

A rift in Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf
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Satellite Captures Detaching Iceberg in Near-Real Time

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 10 March 202128 July 2022

NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite recorded the cleaving of a 315-billion-ton iceberg from Amery Ice Shelf in 2019, as well as years of subtle cracking and splitting prior to the calving event.

Thwaites glaciar
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“Terremotos Glaciales” Vistos por Primera Vez en Thwaites

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 26 March 202013 January 2022

Estos eventos sísmicos, provocados por los icebergs que se vuelcan y chocan contra Thwaites, revelan que el glaciar ha perdido parte de su plataforma flotante de hielo.

Large ice sheet on the right; water on the left
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“Glacial Earthquakes” Spotted for the First Time on Thwaites

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 17 February 202013 December 2021

These seismic events, triggered by icebergs capsizing and ramming into Thwaites, reveal that the glacier has lost some of its floating ice shelf.

Study of three glaciers in Greenland
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Small Seismic Signals Tell a Story of Iceberg Calving

by Olga Sergienko 8 August 20198 December 2022

Seismic signals detected hundreds of kilometers away from Greenland glaciers reveal the calving style and iceberg size.

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Seasonal and Annual Changes in Pitch in Blue Whale Calls

by Terri Cook 7 June 201929 November 2022

Six years of acoustic recordings detect seasonal shifts in blue whale vocalizations that correlate with the presence of icebergs, a primary source of ambient ocean noise in the southern Indian Ocean.

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