When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In ...
Fast-moving ocean motions under the Antarctic ice act like storms and melt ice quickly. These forces could speed up sea-level ...
Antarctica has moved to “the front of the line” as a global warming threat that’s already well beyond expectations, and it’s ...
Temperature records from measurements of oxygen isotopes in the ice reveal that this area experienced a gradual, long-term ...
An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ...
Far beneath Antarctica’s ice and fringing seas, scientists have revealed a labyrinth of more than 300 hidden canyons that ...
A new map of Antarctica’s seafloor reveals a vast and previously overlooked network of 332 submarine canyons, some plunging ...
Second, Antarctica’s extreme and isolated conditions offer a unique environment for studying evolutionary adaptations. Investigating the specialized metabolic pathways and enzymes developed by ...
As northern Alaska takes on Polar night, with 64 days of darkness, Antarctica will enter Polar day, with 24 hours of sunlight ...
Renowned French glaciologist Heidi Sevestre is studying the ancient ice of Antarctica Renowned French glaciologist Heidi Sevestre is studying the ancient ice of Antarctica Matthieu Tordeur is a French ...