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Blue puddles of water were visible atop
Environment

Meltwater remained visible atop Antarctica’s Amery ice shelf

Pranjal Malewar

Spanning from the Antarctic Peninsula in the west to the Amery Ice Shelf in the east.

Camp Century
Science

NASA unexpectedly discovered a city under the Greenland ice sheet

Amit Malewar

A city under the ice.

An aerial photograph captures a blue-ice area (BIA) in the Transantarctic Mountains.
Science

Researchers map blue-ice areas in Antarctica with Neural Networks

Ashwini Sakharkar

Breaking the Ice!

Cloudy nature landscape by lake
Science

Greenland fossils reveal increased risk of sea-level catastrophe

Ashwini Sakharkar

The story of Greenland keeps getting greener and scarier.

Cloudy nature landscape by lake
Environment

Glaciation of Antarctic ice activated roughly 34 million years ago

Ashwini Sakharkar

It was not until at least 7 million years later that ice was able to advance towards West Antarctic coasts.

Pooled meltwater and slush on the Bach Ice Shelf. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data, processed by Rebecca Dell.
Science

AI reveals Antarctic ice shelves hold twice meltwater than thought

Ashwini Sakharkar

Researchers used artificial intelligence techniques to map slush on Antarctic ice shelves.

slice from an Antarctic ice core
Environment

The fastest rate of natural CO2 rise over the last 50,000 years

Pranjal Malewar

A detailed chemical analysis of ancient Antarctic ice.

Ross Ice Shelf. Credit: Michael Van Woert, NOAA NESDIS, ORA
Environment

Largest ice shelf in Antarctica moves once or twice a day

Pranjal Malewar

Ice stream activity triggers sudden displacement of Ross Ice Shelf.

Breathtaking shot of a beautiful cold landscape in jokulsarlon, iceland
Environment

First ice-free day in the Arctic could occur decades earlier than previously thought

Pranjal Malewar

Arctic could see summer days with practically no sea ice.

Ice Flows on Mars
Space

Ice trails on Mars: MRO captures ice-flow patterns

Amit Malewar

Ice flows on Mars.

wide shot of a road fully covered by snow with pine trees
Chemistry

Scientists studied the stickiness of ice containing everyday contaminants

Pranjal Malewar

Bidding adieu to sticky ice, but with a grain of salt.

Ice XIX
Science

A new phase of high-density, ultra-hot water ice discovered

Amit Malewar

This phase could form at the right depths.

freezing process
Chemistry

How do clouds make ice?

Amit Malewar

Unlocking the mysteries of freezing in supercooled water droplets.

medium-density amorphous ice
Science

Scientists discovered a new type of ice that could change understanding of water

Amit Malewar

The newly discovered ice is amorphous.

Recent Stories

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Physics

Cleaning contaminated soil using proteins

Environment

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Quantum Physics

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Neuroscience

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Health