News

Live Science on MSN7d
Wilkes Land crater: The giant hole in East Antarctica's gravitational field likely caused by a meteorite
Researchers have proposed many origins for a gravity anomaly in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, but the latest evidence ...
EurekAlert!4d
Antarctic ice loss accelerated in 2010–2020, then abruptly gained mass
Through satellite gravimetry analysis of Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) mass changes from 2002 to 2023, striking mass change rates ...
AOL24d
What’s Beneath All That Ice In Antarctica? New Map Reveals The Hidden World And Possibly The Future
One notable discovery is that Antarctica’s thickest ice was found in an unnamed canyon in Wilkes Land. The ice there is more than 15,000 feet thick. Earlier maps placed the thickest ice in the ...
Museum to host land grant speaker
Jason Duncan, Wilkes Heritage Museum research specialist, will be the guest speaker at the Caldwell Heritage Museum Wednesday at 10 a.m. Duncan will present a program, Wilkes County Land Grants. He ...
Business Today4d
‘Secrets belpw zero’: Mysterious Antarctic dip could be proof of planet-sized collision
The Wilkes Land anomaly spans 300 miles—suggesting a crater formed by a cataclysmic meteor strike millions of years ago. At 1.6 km beneath Antarctic ice, the anomaly resists direct study ...
The Mirror29d
Antarctica ‘more fragile’ than feared as most detailed map of iceless continent revealed
An unnamed canyon on Wilkes Land hosts ice which is a staggering 4,757m thick - more than 15 times the height of the Shard in London. Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS ...
The Times-Tribune9d
Arena authority looks to sell 7 acres for hotel off I-81
The Luzerne County Convention Center Authority approved a motion Wednesday to get an appraisal of 7 acres that could be sold ...