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Greenland ice harbours massive reservoir of melt water

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 14:30

Scientists have suggested that Greenland Ice Sheet stores liquid water all year long, based on the surprising discovery of an aquifer, an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock .

East Antarctica is sliding sideways

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 15:02

It`s official! East Antarctica is pushing West Antarctica around.

Ice loss from West Antarctica on the increase

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 14:06

The West Antarctic ice sheet appears to be shedding far more ice than a few years ago, according to climate research unveiled Wednesday.

Antarctica crust similar to South India, Mozambique: Study

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 10:53

The crust of Antarctica is similar to that of South India and Mozambique, which indicates that the three were joined together in the past.

Greenland`s ice sheet was smaller 3,000-5,000 years ago

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 13:08

Scientists have said that Greenland`s shrunken ice sheet was smaller than today about 3-5,000 years ago.

Active volcano found under West Antarctic ice sheet

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 11:34

Researchers have discovered a smouldering volcano under a kilometer of ice in West Antarctica.

NASA to map Greenland ice sheet summer melt

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 11:22

For the first time, the Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor, or LVIS, is set to fly aboard NASA`s new C-130 aircraft to map Greenland`s ice sheet and surrounding Arctic sea ice following a summer`s melt.

Vast channels beneath Antarctic ice discovered

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 12:31

Scientists have discovered 250 meter ice channels beneath a floating ice shelf in Antarctica.

Ice sheet in West Antarctica existed 20 mn yrs earlier than believed

Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 11:08

A new research has showed that an ice sheet located on West Antarctica existed 20 million years earlier than previously thought.

Giant canyon discovered under Greenland ice sheet

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 10:47

When we all thought that all the mysteries of Earth have been unveiled, we stumble upon this discovery. Scientists have discovered a vast canyon, twice as long as the Grand Canyon.

Antarctic ice sheet more vulnerable to climate change than believed

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 15:57

A new research has claimed that East Antarctic Ice Sheet could be at a higher risk to the effects of climate change than previously believed.

Heat flow from Earth`s mantle leading to Greenland ice sheet melting

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 09:23

The Greenland ice sheet is melting from below, caused by a high heat flow from the mantle into the lithosphere.