Abstract: Antarctic blue ice plays a crucial role in surface energy balance and paleoclimate research. A high-accuracy and comprehensive dataset of blue ice areas (BIAs) is essential for understanding ...

Large chunks of ice, sometimes referred to as "blue ice," can dislodge from aircraft when frozen condensation or waste system leaks accumulate and then break free during flight. An image from a ...

Residents might be used to the high-flying acrobatics of Cirque du Soleil, and while “Crystal” certainly has that, it also takes the fantastical moves to the ice. The show, playing in Loveland ...

Soot from forest fires in the Amazon might play a role in the melting of faraway ice in Antarctica. For decades, scientists have known that black carbon from burning fossil fuels or forests ...

Microbes living beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet may survive on methane generated by geothermal heat rising from deep below Earth’s surface. The discovery could have implications for assessing ...

Reports of blue ice falling from the sky have puzzled and frightened people for decades. These mysterious ice chunks, sometimes weighing several pounds, have crashed through roofs, damaged cars, and ...

A major embayment in West Antarctica saw new sea ice growth in autumn 2025 amid older sea ice that had survived the austral summer melt season. As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its ...

"This is such a fast moving chaotic time," says RNZ's Our Changing World presenter Claire Concannon, who was in Antarctica in November and has just released a series, Voices of the Sea Ice. "If cuts ...

The Blue Origin team went to space in style. Lauren Sánchez 55, who is part of the all-women crew on the Blue Origin space flight, teamed up with Monse co-founders Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim ...