A small robotic float, lost for nearly nine months beneath Antarctica’s thick ice, has unexpectedly resurfaced—carrying ...
Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding ...
Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the Northern ...
Not only is sea ice melting in the ocean surrounding Antarctica, but the water is also getting saltier. Overly salty water brings heat up from deep in the ocean, making it harder for sea ice to reform ...
In Antarctica, beneath the ice, there is liquid water—and potentially a lot of it. That’s the takeaway from new research that used seismographic instruments to probe the still largely unstudied ...
To survive the bitter cold, Antarctica’s native residents adorn themselves with thick layers of fat and fur. A non-biting ...
According to the World Meteorological Organization, July 2023 is likely to have been the hottest month on record. While much of Europe, North America and Asia suffered the immediate consequences of ...
A global research team led by researchers from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and ...
Antarctica’s rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of miles away from the continent. Most of the world's albatrosses, and their close ...
Travel to Antarctica has reached fever pitch. You can go by yacht. You can come and go in a single day. You can even book a fly-around for New Year’s Eve. And now you can stay in a five-star hotel ...
Antarctica is still wild, quite restricted, and continues to be a place that very few have seen, which is the perfect recipe ...