Ocean Water Is Seeping Under the Doomsday Glacier—and Its Sea-Level Threat Just Doubled
One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers is emerging as a potentially greater driver of future sea-level rise than…
Penguin Poop Is Turning Antarctica Green, and Scientists Are Concerned
Penguins may be transforming Antarctica’s snowy coastline in an unexpected way. A new study reveals how nutrients from…
An Unmapped Region of Antarctica Could Be Harboring a Major Threat
A vast region of East Antarctica contains enough ice to cause a dramatic rise in global sea levels…
Scientists Say Antarctica’s Lost ‘Supermountains’ May Have Fueled an Explosion of Life on Earth
The Cambrian explosion brought exactly that to Earth—an “explosion” of life that kickstarted the evolution of animals as…
Polar Ice Sheets Have Lost 11 Trillion Tons of Ice—and ‘Speeding’ Glaciers Are Driving the Loss
As greenhouse gas emissions push Earth’s temperature to new heights, polar ice sheets are rapidly melting away. Numerous…
Australia Is Evacuating an Antarctic Base So No One Has to Watch Thousands of Seals Die
A research base near Antarctica is about to be cleared of its human residents for the rest of…
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.…