Science News for Kids » ice sheet http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Piercing a buried polar lake http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/researchers-in-antarctica-drilled-through-a-half-mile-of-ice-to-reach-water-that-hasnt-had-contact-with-the-atmosphere-for-thousands-of-years/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/researchers-in-antarctica-drilled-through-a-half-mile-of-ice-to-reach-water-that-hasnt-had-contact-with-the-atmosphere-for-thousands-of-years/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:48:41 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15458 This 1,000-meter hose — spooled onto an enormous and very heavy container — was used as a drill to pierce deeply through Antarctica’s ice. Credit: J. Raloff/Science News for Kids

Researchers in Antarctica drilled through a half-mile of ice to reach water that hasn’t had contact with the atmosphere for thousands of years.]]> This 1,000-meter hose — spooled onto an enormous and very heavy container — was used as a drill to pierce deeply through Antarctica’s ice. Credit: J. Raloff/Science News for Kids

Researchers in Antarctica drilled through a half-mile of ice to reach water that hasn’t had contact with the atmosphere for thousands of years.]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/researchers-in-antarctica-drilled-through-a-half-mile-of-ice-to-reach-water-that-hasnt-had-contact-with-the-atmosphere-for-thousands-of-years/feed/ 0 Less ice, more seawater http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/shrinking-ice-sheets-in-antarctica-and-greenland-contribute-to-rising-sea-levels/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/shrinking-ice-sheets-in-antarctica-and-greenland-contribute-to-rising-sea-levels/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:00:31 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15175 Meltwater on the Greenland ice sheet carved this canyon. Credit: Ian Joughin

Shrinking ice sheets contribute to rising sea levels, large-scale study confirms]]> Meltwater on the Greenland ice sheet carved this canyon. Credit: Ian Joughin

Shrinking ice sheets contribute to rising sea levels, large-scale study confirms]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/shrinking-ice-sheets-in-antarctica-and-greenland-contribute-to-rising-sea-levels/feed/ 0 Slowing ice flows http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/new-satellite-study-of-glaciermotion-shows-stop-and-go-ice-movement/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/new-satellite-study-of-glaciermotion-shows-stop-and-go-ice-movement/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 14:39:09 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12834 These icebergs in Greenland probably broke off the floating end of a glacier. Scientists study such ice formations to learn about climate change. Credit: Ian Joughin/University of Washington

New satellite study of glacier motion shows stop-and-go ice movement]]> These icebergs in Greenland probably broke off the floating end of a glacier. Scientists study such ice formations to learn about climate change. Credit: Ian Joughin/University of Washington

New satellite study of glacier motion shows stop-and-go ice movement]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/new-satellite-study-of-glaciermotion-shows-stop-and-go-ice-movement/feed/ 0