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Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused ...

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A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

Climate risk to U.S. infrastructure is rising, and government cuts to climate science are only accelerating that risk.

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...