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The article offers information on the expedition of Admiral Richard Byrd to Antarctica in 1933. It mentions that Byrd was accompanied by Epaminondas James Demas where they experienced extreme weather condition that damages on equipment and tools onboard. It states that during their travel, his men conducted the first seismic investigations of the Ross Ice Shelf and assess the ice thickness of the shelf.

The article reports that six glaciers in the Australian Antarctic Territory were officially named in honour of the historical figures and groups in the history of the area, including the James Forbes Glacier, Williams Glacier, and Jeffryes Glacier.

The article offers information on the Investigating the Cryospheric Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate (ICECAP) project second field season at the Casey station region in Antartica in December 2009. It says that the team focused their surveys on the Totten Glacier, which was found that the ice sheet in these region was losing ice and is more sensitive to higher ocean temperature. Furthermore, the ICECAP team conducted nine survey flights in 14 days that covered 17,000 kilometers (km).

The article offers information on a study conducted by a team of British scientists that attributes the thinning of the glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica to increased flow rate rather than atmospheric conditions.

The article focuses on the plans developed by the U.S. Navy as of 2009 to prepare for the predicted emergence of uncharted waters caused by the melting of ice in the Arctic. The Navy anticipates that problems will include higher maritime traffic in combination with international conflicts over passage rights and sovereignty. Navy oceanographer and navigator Rear Admiral Dave Titley stated that if the current rate of melting continues, there will be no ice in the Arctic for at least several weeks every summer by the late 2030s.

This article focuses on a study published in "Geophysical Research Letters" which found that the Pine Glacier in west Antarctica has been thinning four times more rapidly than it was decade ago. Since 1994, the study estimated that the glacier has lost 90 metres in height, while its surface is dropping at a rate of 16 metres per year. It also points out the implications of the glacier's rapid ice loss for the ice sheet and the global sea level.

The article reports on the ice cracking of floating glacier in 2009 in the Northern Hemisphere. According to Greenpeace International scientists, there will be five billion tons of ice to break from the Petermann glacier during the summer. It states that the Petermann glacier, which is part of a network of glaciers that hold back the Greenland ice sheet, lost a one billion-ton chunk of ice from the same shelf in 2008 and lost a 1.9 square-mile piece on July 13.

The article focuses on the new report released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the British Antarctic Survey regarding the effect of climate change on the glaciers in Antarctica. It states that the report shows that one ice shelf in the region completely disappeared, and notes that the continued glacier retreat serves as a warning to people that the Earth system is changing. Moreover, the report points out that the melting of the ice is hazardous to the society.

This article reports that geologists in Antarctica have discovered that melting ice sheets are depositing minerals and nutrients into the ocean that promote the growth of photosynthetic plankton and boost carbon dioxide absorption. Two types of iron mineral, ferrihydrite and schwertmannite, have been found to specifically promote plankton growth.

The article reports on theories concerning the presence of DDT in Antarctic glaciers. Research by marine biologist Heidi Geisz is cited, concerning the levels of DDT in penguins compared between 1964 and 2008. Geisz's theories that DDT trapped within glaciers are leaking into the environment are discussed.

This article presents news briefs related to global climate change. Research from the European Space Agency (ESA) shows that the highest emissions of greenhouse gases in Europe occur along the Rhine River. The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center has launched an online service that allows users to see near-real-time images of Arctic Ocean ice conditions. The British Antarctic Survey reports that a two-by-40 kilometer section of ice from the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica is breaking away.

The article reports on a chunk of ice that broke off the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctic. The ice shelf is hundreds of years old, and some melting is expected to happen naturally. But in March 2008, scientists say a chunk of ice covering 160 square miles broke away from the shelf. Only a thin strip of ice continues to hold the remaining shelf together. Scientists blame global warming. They say the area where the ice shelf is located has experienced the most dramatic temperature increase on the planet.

The article discusses how a study shows that the flow of water into and out of massive, ice covered lakes in Antarctica may influence the speed at which overlying glaciers move toward the sea. The study was conducted by Robert Bindschadler, a glaciologists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. According to Bindschadler, the movements of water beneath ice streams may lubricate the ice flow.

This article presents the author's recollection of traveling to Antarctica to report a story on global warming. He writes that the continent is warming far faster than previously thought and that the rate of melting glaciers is key to predicting the future of rising seas. However, the slow nature of the looming disaster gives him hope that measures can be taken to alleviate the loss of life and property.

The article presents a quotation from mountaineer Melissa Johnson. Talking about the Snow Hill Island in Antarctica, Johnson says that she felt like she was on another planet after crossing glaciers and trekking over places with extremely low temperature.

Provides information on a survey about Antarctic melting released in April 2005. Percentage of marine glaciers drained in the Antarctic Peninsula; Effect of the accelerated loss of floating ice shelves along the peninsula on sea level; Factors behind the enhanced melting in the region.

Discusses the status of glaciers in Antarctica. Information on satellite and aircraft imaging studies released in September 2004; Effect of melting of on-shore ice sheet on sea levels.

Features Kurt Cuffey, a glaciologist from the University of California in Berkeley who discovered the impact of glaciers in Antarctica on global climate. Equipment used by Cuffey in studying the ice-flow rates in the continent; Outcome of the research; Factors that influenced Cuffey to conduct research.

Discusses research being done on the collapse of the ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula. Reference to a study by Andrew Shepherd et al published in the October 31, 2003 issue of "Science"; Causes of the disintegration of the sections of the Larsen Ice Shelf; Annual decline of the ice shelves.

Reports on the collapse of a large Antarctic ice shelf called Larsen B into the ocean. Indication from climatologists that Larsen B was not instrumental in restraining the continent's glaciers; Concern of environmentalists about the rate of rising temperatures in the region and a possible rise in sea level from melted glaciers.

Reports that, as of February, 2001, satellite measurements suggest that the Pine Island Glacier is thinning. How the glacier, located on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, rests on bedrock that slopes toward the continent; Concern that changes in the glacier's ice shelf may increase the amount of ice that drains from the interior of Antarctica and floats out to sea; Speculation that if the current ice shelf disappears, the speed of the glacier would increase.

The author reflects on greenhouse effect and discusses its negatives on environment. Topics discussed include meaning of greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases, impact of increase in concentration of greenhouse gases resulting in climatic changes, and increase in average temperature from rise in carbon dioxide. Other topics include determination of the history of atmospheric carbon dioxide from ice cores drilled from the glaciers of Greenland or the Antarctic.

The article offers news briefs related to environmental monitoring as of May 2014. Topics include the accelerated ice draining in six glaciers in West Antarctica, the effect of climate change on the living conditions in the oceans, and the contract of marine environmental information company BMT ARGOSS with Tullow Oil plc to create metocean solutions for the company.

Reports that the glacial shelves surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula lost large chunks in 1998. Result of increasing temperatures; Details of the Larsen B Ice Shelf shrinkage.

Presents information on a study which monitored the condition of the west Antarctic ice sheet.

Reports on the meltdown of Pine Island glaciers in Antarctica. Scientific observations on the causes of glacier meltdown; Effect of global warming on the atmospheric temperature of Antarctica; Recorded history on the meltdown of glaciers in the region.

Reports on the implications of the discovered piece of glacier buried under a layer of volcanic ash in East Antarctica. Support for the theory frozen and barren ice sheets for the past 15 million years; Determination of the effect of global warming; Ice dating; Experts' arguments on selective preservation and fluctuation of ice sheet sizes.

Reveals evidence suggesting that during warmer times in the past, Antarctica's ice tongues and shelves have stuck out even farther than they do today. Conclusion reached by Eugene W. Domack from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. and colleagues from the University of Arizona and the Geological Survey of Japan; Study of sediments from three sites near outlet glaciers; Use of radiocarbon techniques to date changes in sediment; Speculation that a warmer climate existed 7,000 years ago.

The article discusses research in marine science and a scientific expedition to Antarctica. Topics discussed include the discovery of a submarine volcano in October 2011 by scientists at the Institute of Oceanography in Spain, the retreat of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier published in the October 2011 issue of the journal "Geophysical Research Letters," and an exploration of the Antarctica's Pine Island glacier in December 2012 led by glaciologist Robert Bindschadler.

This section offers environmental monitoring-related news briefs as of February 1, 2015. Barbados Port Inc. is planning to develop an incentive program to encourage energy efficient vessels to their port. A study concluded that microplastics pollute the world's oceans. A 21-year analysis of the Antarctic melt rate found that the melting of of glaciers there has tripled during the last decade.

The article presents a research on Blood Falls, a landscape in Antarctica where a red, briny fluid flows from the Taylor Glacier. Jill Mikucki, a microbiologist at Dartmouth College, said that Blood Falls is due to bacteria trapped 1.5 million years ago 400 meters below the subglacial pool. Mikucki adds that when brine surfaces from the subglacial pond, iron from the flow precipitates as iron oxide which stains the glacier red.