Barrels of ancient Antarctic air aim to track history of rare gas
Ancient air samples from one of Antarctica’s snowiest ice core sites may add a new molecule to the record of changes to Earth’s atmosphere over the past century and a half, since the Industrial...
View ArticleCarbon dioxide levels influenced by winds around Antarctica
Ancient fossil coral skeletons in the Drake Passage reveal that wind conditions influence ocean circulation and carbon dioxide release into the atmosphere, according to an international team involving...
View ArticleUnited States Conducts Inspections in Antarctica
A team of U.S. government officials from the U.S. Department of State, National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and United States Coast Guard concluded a...
View ArticleAntarctic ice walls protect against rising sea levels
A vital role that floating Antarctic ice shelves play in preventing catastrophic sea level rises has been proven for the first time in a new study, published in the scientific journal Nature.read more
View ArticleGreenland shed ice at unprecedented rate in 2019
A glacier front in Greenland. New research shows Greenland lost 600 billion tons of ice in 2019. Credit: Kristin Laidre.read more
View ArticleFirst results from NASAs ICESat-2 map 16 years of melting ice sheets
This shows the amount of ice gained or lost by Antarctica between 2003 and 2019. Dark reds and purples show large average rates of ice loss near the Antarctic coast, while blues show smaller rates of...
View ArticleMelting glaciers cool the Southern Ocean
Tucked away at the very bottom of the globe surrounding Antarctica, the Southern Ocean has never been easy to study. Its challenging conditions have placed it out of reach to all but the most intrepid...
View ArticlePenguins are Aussies. Or are they Kiwis?
From the four-foot-tall emperor penguin to the aptly named foot-long little penguin, these unique flightless birds have invaded habitats from Antarctica to the equator, not to mention the hearts of the...
View ArticleUNM biologists study Antarctic viruses
Biologists at the Vesbach Lab at The University of New Mexico have been using Center for Advanced Research Computing resources to analyze viruses found in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.read more
View ArticleStability Check on Antarctica Reveals High Risk for Long-Term Sea-Level Rise
The warmer it gets, the faster Antarctica loses ice – and much of it will then be gone forever. Consequences for the world’s coastal cities and cultural heritage sites would be detrimental, from London...
View ArticleAntarctic Dinosaurs Opens at NHMU, Featuring Extreme Expeditions and Fossils...
Meet the scientists and explorers who risked their lives to reveal a dramatically different Antarctica.read more
View ArticleBamber Glacier named for Bristol Professor on 200th anniversary of...
Professor Bamber has spent more than three decades producing numerous data-sets and mapping out the surface and bedrock topography of the Antarctica ice sheet.read more
View ArticleNew Research Shows Shifting Fortunes of 2 Southern Ocean Penguin Species
New research shows population declines of more than 50% for chinstrap penguins on Elephant Island near the Antarctic Peninsula.read more
View ArticleAntarcticas ice melt isnt consistent, new analysis shows
Antarctic ice is melting, contributing massive amounts of water to the world’s seas and causing them to rise – but that melt is not as linear and consistent as scientists previously thought, a new...
View ArticleCould new theory answer what causes landslides on Mars?
Ice (blue) below the surface at a scarp near Hellas Planitia on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/Univ of Ariz.read more
View ArticleEvidence of Antarctic glaciers tipping point confirmed for first time
Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, leading to a rapid and irreversible retreat which would have significant...
View ArticleAntarctic rainfall could increase through 2100
Étienne Vignon, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, [email protected] (UTC +2 hours) Alexis Berne, Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory, École Polytechnique...
View ArticleAntarctic ice sheet retreat could trigger chain reaction
The Antarctic ice sheet was even more unstable in the past than previously thought, and at times possibly came close to collapse, new research suggests.read more
View ArticleAncient air bubbles speak to a much warmer Antarctica during the ice-age than...
This is according to new research in which the University of Copenhagen played a significant role. The result means that current global sea level rise predictions will most likely need to be...
View ArticleMicrobes feast on crushed rock in subglacial lakes beneath Antarctica
Taken from a different project, SALSA, which involved drilling another subglacial lake, Lake Mercer, the photo shows the UV collar, borehole and hot water drill.read more
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