Beneath hundreds of meters of Antarctic ice, in a place no human has ever visited, warm ocean water is quietly eating away at ...
When researchers lowered sonar instruments into the frigid waters at the base of Alaska’s LeConte Glacier, they expected the underwater ice face to be melting. What they did not expect was how fast.
New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey On snow it’s green or red. On ice it’s a brownish ...