The rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica appears to be driven by different processes under its floating ice shelf than researchers previously understood.
New Close-up View of Melting Beneath Thwaites Glacier
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About 40 percent of interior Alaska is underlain by ice-rich permafrost – permanently frozen grounds made up of soil, gravel and sand – bound together by ice.
Whale Warning as Clock Ticks Towards Deep-Sea Mining
Seabed mining could soon begin in the deep ocean – but the potential impact on animals including whales is unknown, researchers have warned.
Human Activity Has Degraded More Than a Third of Remaining Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a much greater extent than scientists previously believed with more than a third of remaining forest affected by humans, according to a new study.
Great Uncertainty Over Risk Assessment for Low-Dose Radiation
We are all exposed to ionising radiation over our lifetime.
