Three decades of satellite observations reveal how warming ocean water is pushing some Antarctic glaciers further inland.
Scientists have discovered a rare red-coloured bacterium in an Antarctic lake that can survive extreme cold and intense UV radiation. The microbe could have important applications in biotechnology, ...
Imagined” voyage in 2027 aboard the Le Lyrial will feature ocean scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), an independent ocean science organization. Departing from Ushuaia, ...
Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity ...
A complicated interaction in which overlying ice, underlying rock, and an ancient lake bed form one of Earth’s most ...
Antarctica’s frozen frontier is retreating, and the scale is far greater than many realize. Over the last several years, ...
Deep beneath Antarctica’s ice, scientists have uncovered a geological archive that could reshape predictions of future sea-level rise.
The huge predator was caught swimming in waters 490 metres deep, at a temperature of 1.27C. According to the biologist, who is also the founding director of the University of Western Australia-based ...
Scientists studying the digestive systems of Antarctic midges discovered microplastics, revealing additional evidence of the ...
The Blood Falls in Antarctica have mystified scientists for a century. Now, we're finally getting a complete picture of ...
The McMurdo docking pier, (built as the barge NSF DIscovery Pier) constructed by Gunderson Marine & Iron (GM&I) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has successfully arrived at McMurdo Station, ...
"It's incredibly energy-intensive and the birds use up to 50% of their body mass," he says. It is "probably the most ...