Spring whaling season in Utqiaġvik depends on the quickly changing conditions of the sea ice: Is it safe for the whalers to snowmachine, set up camp and pull up a whale weighing over 50 tons? Do they ...
Scientists at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have developed a radar technique that lets them image hidden features within the upper few feet of ice sheets. The researchers ...
SAN FRANCISCO — In the first test of a new radar instrument, scientists have seen through more than a mile of Greenland ice to reveal an image of land that has been hidden for millions of years. Ohio ...
Scientists discover that giant columns of softer ice within the Greenland ice sheet behave like pasta boiling, due to ...
In recent months, headlines about Antarctica’s ice loss have circulated widely. One claim says the continent has lost an area ...
A new radar technique developed by a graduate student allows imaging of the upper few feet of ice sheets on Earth and icy worlds. The technique uses instruments on airplanes or satellites to survey ...