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Wall of ice the size of Rhode Island heading toward penguin-packed island off Antarctica
The world's biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that's home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton slab ...
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Scientists think a giant artificial wall propped up under Antarctica's ice sheets could stop catastrophic sea-level rise
"Thwaites could easily trigger a runaway [West Antarctic] Ice Sheet collapse that ... The more complex approach would be to build an actual wall underneath the glacier designed to stop the influx ...
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New facilities opened at a Russian base in Antarctica
The wall insulation is 80 centimeters thick ... Last week, Russia's AARI set sail on a joint scientific expedition around Antarctica “from the Brazilian Port of Rio Grande,” according to ...
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Antarctic iceberg the size of Chicago breaks off, reveals thriving undersea ecosystem
An iceberg the size of Chicago that broke off of an Antarctic ice shelf has revealed a thriving ecosystem beneath it, according to researchers. On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from ...