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Antarctic ice sheet could harbour large methane reservoirs beneath

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 13:04

The Antarctic Ice Sheet could be an important source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, suggest an international team of scientists.

Greenland’s ice sheet melting shatters 30-year record

Last Updated: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 11:35

Melting over the Greenland ice sheet broke the seasonal record on August 8 – four weeks before the close of the melting season, it has been revealed.

Greenland’s ice sheet melts in spurts

Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 13:21

Loss of ice from Greenland’s vast sheet may occur mainly in short bursts, suggest Danish scientists who used aerial photos dating back to the 1980s to plot shrinking of glaciers around the island’s northwest coast.

Sea levels may rise much higher, says study

Last Updated: Monday, July 16, 2012, 12:44

Sea levels may rise much higher than previously thought, suggests a new study on fossil corals, which shows how warmer climes in the past promoted dramatic melting of polar ice sheets.

Octopus `hints at West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse`

Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2012, 13:12

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet -- one of the world`s major ice sheets, could collapse if global warming continues.

New weak point of Antarctic ice sheet found

Last Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 14:21

An inflow of warmer water beneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf will melt the ice from below.

Greenland ice sheet may be sliding away due to surface lake melt

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 12:45

Greenland ice sheet may be sliding faster into the ocean because of massive releases of meltwater from surface lakes, a new study suggests.

Russia rescues 675 anglers off drifting ice sheet

Last Updated: Sunday, April 1, 2012, 19:22

Ice fishing is wildly popular throughout Russia in the winter months.

Scientists pin down historic sea level rise

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 23:14

The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to rise between 14 and 18 metres (46-60 feet).

Greenland icesheet more vulnerable to warming

Last Updated: Monday, March 12, 2012, 09:23

Greenland is second to Antarctica as the biggest source of locked-up water on land.

Race is on to find life under Antarctic ice sheet

Last Updated: Monday, February 13, 2012, 21:12

The race is on to discover life in the most remote and extreme environment known on Earth.

Drop in CO2 triggered polar ice sheet formation

Last Updated: Friday, December 2, 2011, 12:28

A drop in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels seems to have triggered Antarctic ice sheet formation.