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https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/data-announcements/data-set-update-measures-annual-antarctic-ice-velocity-maps-version-1-0
Data set update: MEaSUREs Annual Antarctic Ice Velocity Maps, Version 1 | National Snow and Ice...
The MEaSUREs Annual Antarctic Ice Velocity Maps, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distri
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260204042457.htm
Melting Antarctic ice may weaken a major carbon sink | ScienceDaily
Melting ice from West Antarctica once delivered huge amounts of iron to the Southern Ocean, but algae growth did not increase as expected. Researchers found...
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260423031552.htm
Scientists just uncovered a 3 million-year climate mystery in Antarctic ice | ScienceDaily
Ancient Antarctic ice is revealing a surprising new chapter in Earth’s climate story, stretching back 3 million years. By analyzing tiny pockets of trapped air...
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https://news.wisc.edu/ancient-antarctic-ice-cycles-impacted-ocean-productivity-thousands-of-miles-away/
Ancient Antarctic ice cycles impacted ocean productivity thousands of miles away – UW–Madison News
UW–Madison study links Antarctic ice sheet growth and decay to a 40,000-year rhythm in subtropical marine productivity.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02554-0?error=cookies_not_supported&code=246870ca-dba0-482e-9a67-d5f94fa08115
Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming | Nature Climate Change
Feb 16, 2026 - The Antarctic Ice Sheet is subject to amplifying feedbacks which can accelerate ice loss and lead to effectively irreversible retreat. We here analyse the...
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https://www.library.dartmouth.edu/news/verifying-datasets-with-library-collections
Using Centuries-Old Data to Advance Antarctic Ice Melt Research | Dartmouth Libraries
Thayer School of Engineering Professor Yoshihiro Nakayama and fellow research collaborators are on a quest to learn what happened in the Antarctic region to...
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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/mar/beautiful-ecosystem-thrives-underneath-antarctic-ice-shelves
Beautiful ecosystem thrives underneath Antarctic ice shelves | UCL News - UCL – University College...
A wide diversity of marine life, that may include previously unknown species, flourishes in a region of ocean once hidden beneath a thick cover of ice, finds a...
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https://usicecenter.gov/Products/AntarcCharts
Antarctic Ice Charts
U.S. National Ice Center's Product section that contains all Antarctic ice charts produced from our daily and weekly ice analyses, along with seasonal...
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https://smartmag.theme-sphere.com/world-mag/climate-change-thousands-of-penguins-die-in-antarctic-ice-breakup/
Climate Change: Thousands of Penguins Die in Antarctic Ice Breakup - SmartMag WorldMag
Nov 20, 2023 - To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Sil - Demo Content
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https://www.earth.com/news/antarctic-ice-sheet-past-present-and-future/
Antarctic ice sheet: Past, present, and future - Earth.com
Jul 8, 2024 - Recent research highlights the accelerating melt of the Antarctic ice sheet, particularly in West Antarctica, due to global warming.
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https://physicstoday.aip.org/features/unraveling-the-mysteries-of-antarctic-ice-shelf-melting
Unraveling the mysteries of Antarctic ice-shelf melting - Physics Today
Jan 30, 2026 - Beneath the ice shelves of the frozen continent, a hidden boundary layer of turbulent ocean is determining Antarctica’s fate.
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https://gizmodo.com/tiny-robot-lost-under-antarctic-ice-for-8-months-comes-back-with-rare-data-2000697304
Tiny Robot Lost Under Antarctic Ice for 8 Months Comes Back With Rare Data
Dec 9, 2025 - “Against the enormity of such a wild region, this is an amazing story of the little float that could.”
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https://www.azoquantum.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=704
Antarctic Ice Loss: NASA's Quantum and Satellite Solutions
Monitoring Antarctic ice dynamics is key to predicting sea level rise. NASA's satellite missions provide vital data on ice loss and climate implications.
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251105050716.htm
Frozen for 6 million years, Antarctic ice rewrites Earth’s climate story | ScienceDaily
Scientists discovered 6-million-year-old ice in Antarctica, offering the oldest direct record of Earth’s ancient atmosphere and climate. The finding reveals a...
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02554-0?error=cookies_not_supported&code=84bb6243-2400-43ba-813a-7c39241bff4f
Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming | Nature Climate Change
Feb 16, 2026 - The Antarctic Ice Sheet is subject to amplifying feedbacks which can accelerate ice loss and lead to effectively irreversible retreat. We here analyse the...
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https://www.businessinsider.com/antarctic-ice-marathon-cold-temperatures-south-pole-union-glacier-antarctica-2016-12?r=UK
Runners Brave Antarctic Ice Marathon at -20 Degrees Celsius - Business Insider
Dec 1, 2016 - The Antarctic Ice Marathon is an annual event where runners brave snow, ice, and bitterly cold temperatures. It happens around 600 miles from the South Pole.
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https://www.ecmwf.int/en/research/special-projects/spittrom-2024
Tipping points of the Antarctic Ice Sheet in EC-Earth-PISM | ECMWF
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https://www.dailysabah.com/life/environment/antarctic-ice-loss-raises-alarm-for-emperor-penguins-survival
Antarctic ice loss raises alarm for emperor penguins’ survival | Daily Sabah
Feb 26, 2026 - Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches...
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/03/27/arctic-antarctic-ice-diving/
Scientists dive deep in sea beneath Arctic and Antarctic ice
Mar 27, 2026 - The Finnish Scientific Diving Academy designed a program for participants to venture below the thick Arctic and Antarctic ice for research.
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https://www.antarcticglaciers.org/antarctica-2/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-2/
West Antarctic Ice Sheet - AntarcticGlaciers.org
Oct 21, 2020 - These pages cover information on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. This is the part of Antarctica west of the Transantarctic Mountains. It is characterised by a...
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https://eos.org/research-spotlights/a-long-term-look-beneath-an-antarctic-ice-shelf
A Long-Term Look Beneath an Antarctic Ice Shelf - Eos
Mar 9, 2026 - More than 4 years of data from a borehole in the Ross Ice Shelf reveal supercooled water and more.
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https://nsidc.org/aiv
Antarctic Ice Sheet Velocity and Mapping Project (AIV) | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Antarctic Ice Sheet Velocity and Mapping (AIV) is a NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (
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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23032026/antarctic-ice-retreat-evidence/
Scientists See Converging Evidence of Antarctic Ice Retreat - Inside Climate News
A sediment core spanning millions of years and new modeling studies point to significant ice retreat under temperatures similar to today.
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https://interestingengineering.com/science/antarctica-buried-ancient-mountains-lakes-rivers-mapped
Map uncovers lakes and mountains buried under Antarctic ice sheet
Jan 16, 2026 - An international team of scientists has particularly identified Antarctica's “hidden subglacial bedrock landscape.”
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https://www.naturalnews.com/2025-04-17-scientists-uncover-hidden-world-antarctic-ice.html
Scientists uncover hidden world of alien-like creatures beneath Antarctic ice – NaturalNews.com
Scientists discovered bizarre new sea creatures in the Southern Ocean, including sea pigs, giant sea spiders, and sea butterflies. Sea pigs are deep-sea...
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https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/data-announcements/data-set-update-measures-multi-year-reference-velocity-maps-antarctic-ice-sheet-version-1
Data set update: MEaSUREs Multi-year Reference Velocity Maps of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, Version 1...
The MEaSUREs Multi-year Reference Velocity Maps of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow
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https://icemarathon.com/
Welcome to the Antarctic Ice Marathon - World's Southernmost Marathon
This race presents a truly formidable and genuine Antarctic challenge with underfoot conditions comprising snow and ice throughout, an average windchill...
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https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2019/1216/1099378-antarctic-ice-marathon/
84-year-old completes Antarctic Ice Marathon
Dec 16, 2019 - An 84-year-old Canadian man became the oldest person to ever run a marathon in Antarctica as he completed the Antarctic Ice Marathon on Friday, along with 55...
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https://www.earth.com/news/antarctic-ice-sheet-patterns-point-to-rapid-melting-risks/
Antarctic ice sheet patterns point to rapid melting risks - Earth.com
Dec 11, 2024 - Periods of sudden melting in the Antarctic ice sheet have been discovered in a new climate record dating back over 20 million years.
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https://www.earth.com/news/antarctic-ice-sheet-melting-new-tipping-point-discovered/
Antarctic ice sheet melting: New tipping point discovered - Earth.com
Jun 27, 2024 - Ice sheets, the massive frozen expanses covering Antarctica, are harboring a hidden threat beneath their surface.
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https://refractor.io/physics/mysterious-radio-pulses-beneath-antarctica-defy-rules-of-particle-physics/
Mysterious radio signals detected under Antarctic ice
Mar 26, 2026 - Discover the mystery of radio signals from beneath Antarctic ice, challenging particle physics and sparking new scientific investigations.
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https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-close-is-the-west-antarctic-ice-sheet-to-a-tipping-point/
Guest post: How close is the West Antarctic ice sheet to a ‘tipping point’?
Apr 7, 2021 - Between its east and west ice sheets and its peninsula, Antarctica holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by around 60m. The West Antarctic ice sheet...
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https://www.asoc.org/ice-archives/
Ice Archives - Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
Nov 17, 2025 - ASOC maintains a digital archive, which includes ASOC submissions to Antarctic and other governance meetings, meeting reports, and ASOC newsletters. The
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https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2026/egusphere-2025-6301/
EGUsphere - Antarctic Sea Ice Variations and Their Linkages with Global Extreme Weather Events
Abstract. Antarctic sea ice is a critical indicator of global climate dynamics, yet its post-2015 accelerated retreat and links to extreme weather/key climate...
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https://www.bas.ac.uk/blogpost/can-art-help-communicate-climate-science/
Can art help communicate climate science? | Beyond the Ice - British Antarctic Survey
Feb 20, 2026 - Artist Rowan Huntley and British Antarctic Survey Geochemist Dr Jo Johnson have been working together to translate polar science into art. Their exhibition at...
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/unexpected-ice-collapse-antarctic-coast
An unexpected ice collapse hints at worrying changes on the Antarctic coast
Mar 17, 2025 - The Conger Ice Shelf disintegrated in 2022. Satellite data leading up to the collapse hint at worrying changes in a supposedly stable ice sheet.
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https://nsidc.org/data/g10039/versions/1
Seasonal Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Reconstructions, 1905-2020, Version 1 | National Snow and Ice...
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https://www.carbonbrief.org/antarctic-sea-ice-maximum-in-2024-is-second-lowest-on-record/
Antarctic sea ice maximum in 2024 is ‘second lowest’ on record - Carbon Brief
Oct 4, 2024 - Antarctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year, clocking in at the second lowest in a record stretching back to 1979
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/antarctic-sea-ice-record-low-2023
Antarctic sea ice has been hitting record lows for most of this year
Jan 23, 2025 - Since hitting a record low minimum back in February, the amount of Antarctic sea ice has stayed well below normal all year.
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https://nsidc.org/news-analyses/news-stories/antarctic-sea-ice-extent-arrives-near-average-minimum
Antarctic sea ice extent arrives at a near-average minimum | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 2.58 million square kilometers (996,000 square miles) on February 26, 2026, ranking...
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https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2017-51/
TCD - Brief communication: Changing mid-twentieth century Antarctic sea ice variability linked to...
Abstract. Satellite observations demonstrate Antarctic sea ice extent increased between late-1978 and 2015, with significant spatial and seasonal variability....
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https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-3166/
EGUsphere - The influence of ocean waves on Antarctic sea-ice albedo and seasonal melting, and...
Abstract. Identifying the processes that drive the rapid climatological retreat phase of Antarctica’s annual sea-ice cycle is crucial to understanding,...
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https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/9/2195/2013/
CP - Water-soluble organic carbon in snow and ice deposited at Alpine, Greenland, and Antarctic...
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https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/ofic/
Ocean forcing of ice-sheet change - British Antarctic Survey
Feb 13, 2026 - The OFIC project studied how ocean heat drove ice loss in rapidly retreating parts of the Antarctic ice sheet.
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2474805-antarctic-teams-drill-oldest-ice-cores-yet-in-search-of-climate-clues/
Antarctic teams drill oldest ice cores yet in search of climate clues | New Scientist
Jul 16, 2025 - Ice cores that record 1.2 million years of Earth’s atmosphere are on their way to Europe to be analysed, and an Australian drilling team is hoping to go even...
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