Newsletter www.rollingstone.com Antarctica: Is this what a climate catastrophe looks like in real time? Scientists aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer watch a 25-mile-wide section of ice crumble into the sea.
Impacts www.rollingstone.com Jeff Goodell begins his trip to Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica Exploring Antarctica to investigate the nightmare scenario of melting ice that could spell disaster for a warming planet.
Newsletter www.bbc.com Major expedition targets Thwaites Glacier A research cruise gets under way as part of the biggest ever US-UK joint venture in Antarctica.
Politics Congress authorizes six icebreakers in Pentagon bill The nation's annual defense policy bill cleared Congress Wednesday with a pay raise for the troops and a provision allowing up to six icebreakers.
Newsletter www.sciencenews.org The giant iceberg that broke from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf is stuck A year ago, an iceberg calved off of the Larsen C ice shelf. The hunk of ice hasn’t moved much since, and that has scientists keeping an eye on it.
Newsletter www.bbc.com Sir David Attenborough polar ship ready for launch The UK's new £200m polar research ship is on the slipway ready to go in the River Mersey.
Newsletter abcnews.go.com Melting of Antarctica is speeding up, worrying scientists The melting of Antarctica is accelerating at an alarming rate, with about 3 trillion tons of ice disappearing since 1992, an international team of ice experts said in a new study.
