55-Million-Year-Old Predatory Mammal Footprint Found in Antarctica
A single fossilized footprint found in volcanic mud on a remote Antarctic island is the first known trackway…
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…
What’s the Largest Current on Earth? It Moves More Water Than Every River Combined—Many Times Over
Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Earth’s mightiest current has no banks. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, or ACC,…
Winston Peters asks Russia about missile warning after US Antarctic flight turns back
“New Zealand is aware of the Russian notice to aircrew and mariners of a planned missile launch and…
Wayne Mapp says Russian space debris likely forced US Air Force Antarctica flight to return to NZ
“This activity was notified to CAA NZ by the Russian Air Traffic Management Corporation, resulting in the issuance…
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…
Macquarie: Australia removed rats, mice and rabbits from Macquarie Island after nearly 200 years, and seabirds and native vegetation are now recovering | World News
Representative Image of the recovery of Macquarie Island’s wildlife and seabird populations (AI-generated image) Macquarie Island, a windswept…
American flown to New Zealand in a rare winter Antarctic rescue
An Australian air crew flew an American from an Antarctic base to a New Zealand hospital in a…
Ancient Life Discovered in Antarctica’s ‘Blood Falls’ May Finally Reveal Its Origins
At the edge of the Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, crimson water pours into…
‘No Mitre 10 down the road’: Inside the $498m Scott Base rebuild
Builders set to redevelop New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica have begun training in sub-zero conditions ahead of…
Antarctica averages minus 55°C at Vostok Station, yet a Lake Ontario-sized body of water remains liquid beneath four kilometres of ice for fifteen million years |
Antarctica is the coldest continent on Earth, featuring a deadly combination of extreme temperatures, high elevation and ice-covered…
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…