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Miles O'Brien Thwaites Glacier Antarctica

Daily News Lesson January 10 2026

Shorts: 'We made it.' Ship arrives at Antarctica's 'Doomsday glacier'

Researchers will study melting ice to better prepare for the effects of climate change

The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is seen in this undated NASA image

Daily News Lesson January 02 2026

Expedition begins of massive, melting Antarctic glacier

Learn about an scientific mission to examine a massive glacier at risk of melting

File photo of an Adelie penguin standing atop a block of melting ice near the French station at Dumont díUrville in East Antarctica

Daily News Lesson December 17 2025

What Antarctic ice cores tell us about climate past and future

Learn what ancient ice samples can tell us about climate change

Huge ice falls at Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier stir awe and concern

Daily News Lesson July 07 2025

Study warns 1.5-degree warming limit can’t prevent dangers of melting glaciers

Learn about new research showing the Paris Agreement’s climate goal may not be enough to stop dangerous sea level rise

The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is seen in this undated NASA image

Daily News Lesson December 15 2021

Melting of massive Antarctica ice shelf could rewrite global coastline

Learn why melting ice at the poles could affect coastlines everywhere

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Daily Video July 19 2017

A trillion-ton iceberg the size of Delaware broke off the Antarctic Peninsula

An enormous iceberg more than 2000 sq. miles in diameter recently detached from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica and floated into the Weddell Sea, located south of the tip of South America.

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