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Lifestyle Feb. 11, 2020, 3:21 AM

Photos show ice melting in Antarctica as it records its highest temperature ever

Antarctica recorded its highest temperature ever – about 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18.3 degrees Celsius) at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, on February 6, according to Reuters. The new high temperature breaks the previous record of 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit (17.5 degrees Celsius), set in 2015. The continent has also […]

News Dec. 14, 2019, 7:14 AM

29 photos show how climate change has ravaged the Arctic in the past decade

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’a annual Arctic Report Card, which describes how the Arctic has changed each year, came out this week. The report warns that global sea level rise is on track with one of climate scientists’ worst-case predictions. Ice melt due to climate change contributes to […]

News Jan. 27, 2019, 4:33 PM

Scientists just drilled the deepest hole ever in western Antarctica, going 2 kilometers down through the ice to study how it’s melting

A team of British scientists has successfully drilled the deepest hole ever in Western Antarctica. The hole is about 2.1 kilometers deep – about four times taller than the Sears Tower. It took an 11-person team from the British Antarctic Survey 63 hours of continuous drilling to reach that depth. […]

News Oct. 23, 2018, 8:11 AM

Two teenagers invented an edible solution to a melting ice cream cone messes — and got a deal on Shark Tank

News Apr. 4, 2018, 1:47 AM

A NASA photographer’s camera melted during a SpaceX rocket launch — and he’s not sure whether it’s insured

A 30-year veteran of NASA photography set up automated cameras around SpaceX‘s recent rocket launch. One of the cameras melted to a crisp in a brush fire that was lit by the rocket’s super-hot exhaust plume. Though NASA‘s camera may not be insured, it did manage to protect incredible images […]