Many coastal cities are already prone to flooding, but what if the situation became direr within the next century? This could very well be the case, and it’s all depending on Antarctica. A new study published in Nature recently looked at Antarctica’s ice loss, and discovered that if it continues to melt at the rate …
Many people are aware of the ice melting in some of the world’s coldest climates, but how is Antarctica doing? To find out, NASA recently conducted a study to find out how the ice is holding up at the end of the earth. To conduct their research, the scientists developed software that could process hundreds …
What happens when a gaping hole opens up in a massive body of ice? Scientists use it as a learning opportunity, of course. This is what recently occurred in Antarctica. The appearance of a hole, known as a polynya, has caught the attention of researchers, but not only because of its size (approximately equivalent to …
Editor’s note: This article is an example of fortune telling in science. These ideas are based on models with constantly moving targets, and with accuracy based on best assumptions and worst case scenarios. There is no way to tell the future, and scientists do not have a crystal ball that is more accurate than any …