Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

The crack is spreading across the Larsen C ... solid layer of ice close to the shelf's surface. This area of ice is milder and denser than the layers of snow that are typically found at this ...

The world’s second largest body of ice – the Greenland Ice Sheet – is cracking open quicker than previously, scientists have warned. Using 3-D maps of its surface, researchers have found crevasses ...

Greenland's ice sheet is "more rapidly" cracking open as a result of climate ... Researchers studied more than 8,000 3-D surface maps created with high-resolution satellite imagery to evaluate ...

Between 52 and 36 million years ago, ice caps developed in East Antarctica, reaching down to sea level in some places. Close to Antarctica, the temperature of the water near the surface dropped to ...

"If we had actual time-lapse footage of a planetary surface changing over millennia ... simulating the mud cracks on Mars and cracked ice on Europa. These experiments will allow the researchers ...

When the ice melts and spring rolls around ... fuels), debris and sunlight -- that will accelerate failure of the pavement surface. Cracks are a natural development in asphalt pavement due ...

The Ocean Drilling Program was featured in NOVA's "Cracking the Ice Age." Log on to this site maintained by the Texas A&M University's Oceanography Department and find out the latest research and ...