For the first time, scientists have directly observed the melting underside of an Antarctic ice shelf, Earth.com reported. An ...

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Antarctica is losing about 136 billion tonnes of ice per year, with Greenland almost double that, at 267 billion tonnes, says NASA. These two ice sheets hold two thirds of the freshwater on Earth, and ...

The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier's surface, which can accelerate its melting. Glaciers are massive bodies of white ...