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• Edge of Pine Island Glacier's Ice Shelf is Ripping Apart, Causing Key Antarctic Glacier to Gain Speed
  

  The ice shelf on Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier lost about one-fifth of its area from 2017 to 2020, mostly in three dramatic breaks. The timelapse video incorporates ... - Read More

• South Pole and East Antarctica Warmer Than Previously Thought During Last Ice Age, Two Studies Show
  

  The South Pole and the rest of East Antarctica is cold now and was even more frigid during the most recent ice age around 20,000 years ago -- but not quite as cold as ... - Read More

• The Last Glacial Maximum in Antarctica Wasn't Quite So Cold.
  New paper led by recent ESS graduate student Emma Kahle, Eric Steig, TJ Fudge, et al. shows it was ~6.5°C colder at South Pole 20 kyr ago. This new result is is better agreement ... - Read More

• The Weather is Getting Weirder at Our Poles
  Using ground observations of precipitation in the Antarctic, as well as thunderstorm and lightning data in the Arctic (from 'Lighting in the Arctic, by Prof. Holzworth and his ... - Read More

• Earthquake Early Warnings Launch in Washington, Completing West Coast-wide ShakeAlert System
  

  When the Big One hits, the first thing Washington residents notice may not be the ground shaking, but their phone issuing a warning. The U.S. Geological Survey, the University ... - Read More

• UW Launches GeoHazards Initiative; Names Paros Chair in Seismology and GeoHazards
  

  The UW’s GeoHazards Initiative aims to study earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and volcanos to prevent the loss of life and property.

  Leveraging ... - Read More

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