Antarctica

Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV

Over the last 25 years, the ozone hole which forming over Antarctica each spring has started to shri...

science | 5 months ago

India to convey its plans to build a new research station in Antarctica at Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

India will formally convey its plan to develop a new research station in Antarctica to the governing...

science | 5 months ago

The doomsday glacier is undergoing "vigorous ice melt" that could reshape sea level rise projections

The massive "doomsday glacier" known for its rapid destabilization is undergoing a "vigorous ice mel...

world | 4 months ago

Wreck of ship on which famed explorer Ernest Shackleton died found on ocean floor off Canada

The wreck of the ship that famed explorer Ernest Shackleton died on more than a century ago has been...

us | 4 months ago

First vegetation map reveals a battle for Antarctica’s changing landscape 

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. Al...

science | 2 months ago

Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is set to retreat "further and faster," scientists warn

The outlook for "Doomsday Glacier" just got gloomier. Scientists are warning the Antarctic Ice Sheet...

world | 3 weeks ago