br00t4c, 9 minutes ago to worldwithoutus

Urgent meeting held at desolate Antarctica airbase amid fears over Russian control

#antarctica #media

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/russia-antarctica-army-chile-putin-b2551608.html

Sustainable2050, 1 hour ago to climate

Widespread seawater intrusions found beneath the grounded ice of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica. This makes the glacier more vulnerable to melting from a warmer ocean than anticipated, which in turn will increase projections of ice mass loss. Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2404766121#executive-summary-abstract
#ClimateChange #climate #antarctica #glacier #sealevelrise
h/t @MichaelEMann