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Why Does This Glacier Near Everest Make Loud Booming Sounds at Night?
By Rafi Letzter published
Each night, the glacier made noises loud enough to keep a team of scientists camping on its surface awake. They figured out why.
Planet Earth Wobbles As It Spins, and Now Scientists Know Why
By Stephanie Pappas published
Turns out, humans are shifting the planet's spin.
Warnings Abounded Before Massive Alaska Landslide and Tsunami
By Stephanie Pappas published
A 2015 landslide and tsunami in Alaska came after two decades of warning signs.
Buried Volcanic Vent Heats Up Antarctica's Fastest-Melting Glacier
By Mindy Weisberger published
What lurks beneath West Antarctica's frozen surface? Heat — and lots of it.
Antarctica Is Melting Away: More Than 3 Trillion Tons of Ice Vanished Since 1992
By Mindy Weisberger published
Trillions of tons of ice melted away from Antarctica during the past 25 years.
'Cork' Glacier Holding Back Sea Level Rise May Pop
By Rafi Letzter published
How doomed are we?
Greenland Has a Mysterious 'Dark Zone' — And It's Getting Even Darker
By Megan Gannon published
A new study investigates the dark zone that seems to be getting bigger on the western edge of the ice sheet.
Antarctica's Underwater Ice Is Retreating 5 Times Faster Than It Should Be
By Brandon Specktor published
When you imagine an Antarctic glacier melting, you probably envision great walls of ice avalanching into the ocean. This is certainly happening — but it's only half the story.
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