Australia to withdraw staff from Macquarie Island due to ‘psychological risk’ of bird flu
The Australian Antarctic Division will launch a mission to extract personnel from Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean…
Rising Temperatures Are Turning Antarctica Into a ‘Hotspot’ for This Toxic Pollutant
When it comes to hotspots of toxic heavy metal pollution, Antarctica probably doesn’t come to mind. This remote…
FIFA proposes plan to sell stakes in the World Cup, angering UEFA | Football
Football’s world governing body announces plans to sell stakes of up to 20 percent in the World Cup…
A 17-year-old student proposed a hybrid nuclear energy system that could reduce an Antarctic base’s carbon emissions by 3,254 tons annually
Image Credit: Cooperativa Ciencia A 17-year-old Chilean high school student, María Javiera Valenzuela, is drawing attention for proposing…
The world’s biggest desert has zero sand and it is not where you think
The majestic red landscape of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border is what many imagine when they think…
NASA satellite reveals ‘hummingbird’ hidden beneath icy Antarctic surface
Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station, conducted a science experiment growing potassium chloride crystals.…
An ‘unremarkable’ fossil found in Antarctica 40 years ago is the continent’s first dinosaur bone
More than 40 years after it was collected, an Antarctic fossil has been recognized as a far more…
The Ozone Hole’s Earliest Cause Wasn’t CFCs After All
When researchers first discovered the Antarctic ozone hole in 1985, it was a shock to the scientific community.…
AI uncovers nearly 1 000 hidden earthquakes beneath East Antarctica
The earthquakes were not found during a new Antarctic field campaign. Instead, researchers reanalyzed seismic data recorded by…
Stunning Video of the Southern Lights Dancing Across the Earth Captured by a NASA Astronaut–WATCH
The Southern Lights – credit, Jessica Meir, screengrab via X From the SpaceX Dragon capsule high above the…
Scientists turned Antarctic radio waves into music, and these strange sounds are now becoming nine albums |
Antarctica’s silent ice expanses are revealed to be teeming with sound through a unique art and science project.…
‘It’s depressing’: A France-sized area of Antarctica’s winter sea ice is missing as temperatures soar 20°C above average |
A vast area of Antarctica that should be covered in winter sea ice is instead lying largely exposed…