Old Antarctic photos help University of Copenhagen scientists trace ice shelf collapse and predict future sea level rise.

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In the icy grip of January 1945, the cruise liner MV Wilhelm Gustloff fought through the Baltic Sea’s bitter winds on a desperate mission. Packed far beyond capacity, she carried over 10,000 German ...

Lanes through the Baltic Sea ice are pictured from the deck of the icebreaker Polaris, which assists cargo ships in and out of ports, in Tornio, northern Finland, on Feb. 3, 2019. (Sam Kingsley ...

In the last 20 years, the world’s oceans have darkened to such an extent that it has caught the attention of scientists across the globe. However, none of them can currently predict the consequences ...

A slice of history has been uncovered deep beneath the Baltic Sea, in what researchers have hailed as a “thrilling discovery”. The ground-breaking find was spotted by happy accident in Germany ...

Observations from historical sources are the basis of this monthly gridded sea ice concentration product that begins in 1850. In 1979, these sources give way to a single source: concentration from ...

When ice gets trapped on land as giant ice sheets, it causes the sea level to change, but it doesn’t change by the same amount all around the planet. Like the moon, the gravity of the ice sheets ...