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Satellites Reveal “Vigorous Melting” Beneath Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A team led by glaciologists at UC Irvine used satellite radar data to reconstruct the impact of warm ocean water surging in ...

Major East Coast Cities Including NYC and DC Rapidly Sinking

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

New research by Virginia Tech and the U.S. Geological Survey reveals that major U.S. Atlantic coast cities are sinking at rates surpassing ...

An Unseen Factor Is Accelerating Antarctic Glacier Meltdown

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A study from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography indicates that meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers accelerates their ice loss. This ...