The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

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Ice melt expert Angelika Zaber warns that though the two salts are similar, water-softening salt is usually less effective. 'When compared directly to rock salt, both products typically have a ...

Drilling 500 meters through the ice sheet to the Antarctic mainland beneath, they encountered water and sedimentary rock. For the hot water drilling, they used a high-pressure nozzle and water at ...

A 2020 press release stated, “Massive amounts of melting sea ice in the Arctic drained into the North Atlantic and disrupted climate-steering currents, thus playing an important role in causing ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

Nuclear plant's warm water used to melt ice on Kankakee River 50 miles southwest of Chicago 02:12 "It helps," Anderson said. "It doesn't prevent ice jams. It doesn't completely take them away.

The melting is accelerated by the upwelling water beneath the ice sheet. Credit: Huw Horgan / ETH Zurich Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses.