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…
This Volcano in Antarctica Is Spewing out $6,000 Worth of Gold Dust Per Day — But You Can’t Go Get It
Antarctica’s Mount Erebus has been erupting for more than half a century, churning a permanent lava lake beneath…
Warm ocean water is melting a giant Antarctic glacier from below. Scientists want to stop it with an 80km underwater curtain |
Scientists are checking if an underwater curtain is what will keep an Antarctic glacier from slowly melting due…
Here’s why the South Pole froze over before the North Pole
An aerial view of Antarctica from a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules February 7, 2002. REUTERS/Pool/Mark…
Guest post: Climate change has caused one-fifth of Pine Island glacier retreat
The Pine Island glacier in West Antarctica is one of the fastest-changing glaciers in the world. Alongside its…
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse Could Bring 13 Feet Of Sea Level Rise
A new study warns that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may need very little additional ocean warming to…
In Situ Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor
Science payload compartment of the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) — ACS Measurement Science Au via PubMed In…
Photographer Captures First-Ever Images of Adorable Ross Seal Swimming in Antarctica
The first-ever photo of a Ross seal swimming underwater. | Photo by Justin Hofman A photographer has captured…
First ever recording of shark in Antarctic waters
Still from Minderoo-UWA deep sea camera footage (Image: Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre/YouTube) By DIVE Staff Researchers from the…
Bird flu ravaging Antarctic wildlife, scientist warns
Scientists are sounding the alarm over the spread of bird flu across Antarctica, with a leading Chilean researcher…
Discovery of badly decomposed whale carcass on Sai Kung beach triggers probe
Hong Kong authorities are investigating the discovery of a severely decomposed whale carcass discovered on a beach in…
Antarctic frontier drill hunt for clues to future sea-level rise risk
SWAIS2C aims to use sediment layers from past warm periods – when the ice sheet retreated significantly –…