Antártida Ocidental

Science and Technology

With 7.4 trillion tons of artificial snow pumped in 10 years, an extreme operation could stabilize the West Antarctic ice sheet and prevent a sea level rise of more than 3 meters, but it would require snow cannons, ocean water, and energy on an almost industrial scale at the end of the world.

Valdemar Medeiros 11/04/2026 at 20:56

Science and Technology

With 80 kilometers in length and 152 meters in height, a gigantic underwater barrier could become the last resort of engineering to contain the Judgment Day Glacier and buy time against the rising oceans on the planet.

Ana Alice 09/04/2026 at 22:36

Science and Technology

Satellites and radars revealed, beneath 2 kilometers of ice in Antarctica, a lost world the size of Wales, with rivers, valleys 1,200 meters deep, and plateaus sculpted by water, frozen for 34 million years, when the continent had temperate forests and was part of a supercontinent that included South America.

Débora Araújo 01/04/2026 at 14:15

Science and Technology

A Giant Curtain Hidden at the Bottom of the Ocean: Scientists Want to Build an 80 km Wall on the Seafloor in Antarctica to Block Warm Currents, Hold Back the “Doomsday Glacier,” and Delay the Rising Sea Levels That Threaten to Swallow Entire Cities

Ana Alice 16/02/2026 at 12:49