Antarctic
Scientists Discover Lost Ancient Landscape Hidden Under Antarctic Ice
The preserved terrains of Antarctica’s balmier past date back tens of millions of years, and contain clues about our future in a warming world.
Antarctic Sea Ice Hit Lowest Level Since Satellite Observations Began, Study Finds
Scientists detected "significant negative anomalies" in sea ice levels, making them the lowest observed since 1978.
Canada's Last Intact Arctic Ice Shelf Just Collapsed
Milne Ice Shelf lost an area larger than the size of Manhattan and two resulting islands are now dangerously floating in the ocean, scientists say.
Scientists Discover Hidden 'Supercolony' of 1.5 Million Penguins After Tracking Poop From Space
“This small archipelago, that measures only 15 kilometers from one end to the other, has more Adélie penguins than the entire rest of the Antarctic peninsula combined.”
Ozone Recovery Continues, But Suspected Emissions From China Slows Progress
The Montreal Protocol of 1987 continues to be a success story about international environmental cooperation.
Scientists Accidentally Discover that an Antarctic Ice Shelf 'Hums'
Researchers uncovered the sound accidentally while studying seismic data on the Ross Ice Shelf.
Watch this Dizzying Descent Into a 300-Meter-Deep Antarctic Borehole
Scientists sent cameras down a tiny tunnel in the Ross Ice Shelf to study the impact of warming waters beneath it.
A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up in Antarctica
“We’re still trying to figure out what’s going on.”
Fake News About a Secret Antarctic Nazi UFO Base Refuses to Die
This researcher at Cambridge has a PhD and still had to take time to prove why the Nazi Antarctic UFO base is a hoax.
A Giant Iceberg the Size of Delaware Is About to Break Away From Antarctica
Ice shelves are floating buttresses to glaciers on the mainland.
60 Percent of Some Antarctic Penguin Colonies Could Decline by 2100, Study Says
Some parts of Antarctica will be a "refuge" to the species.
The 'Boaty McBoatface' Vote Makes Me Ashamed to Be British
Why must we continually debase ourselves with these fucking crap memes?