Thanks to a skinny, torpedo-shaped robot, scientists have been able to better observe the forces eroding Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier, aka the ‘doomsday glacier’ that could rapidly raise sea levels if it melts.
If you thought ice varieties got no more interesting than crushed versus cubed, think again: Researchers have discovered an ice form whose haphazard molecular structure resembles that of liquid water, despite being a solid.
State officials say California’s snowpack is the highest it’s been in decades for early February, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Crash diet alert: Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf has slimmed down by about 256 billion tons.