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.…
NISAR Satellite Reveals Hummingbird Shape Under Antarctic Ice
PASADENA – The shape emerged slowly from the radar data: first a suggestion of curving wings, then a…
Antarctic Meltwater Is Making Glaciers Slide Faster Toward the Ocean
Researchers drilled deep into an East Antarctic glacier and uncovered direct evidence of a process that could accelerate…
Life at Davis Station: 24 minutes of sun after six weeks of darkness
For six weeks, the Sun did not rise above the horizon at Australia’s southernmost Antarctic research station. The…
Antarctica Froze Millions of Years Before the Arctic. We May Finally Know Why
Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It…
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…
Doomsday Glacier: Scientists Uncover Alarming New Findings
The Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday Glacier, is melting at an accelerating rate, raising concerns about…
83-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites Timeline of Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Discovery
A small fossil collected on an Antarctic island more than four decades ago is a tail vertebra of…
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.…
Rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica found tucked away in a drawer
Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer. The…
Antarctica’s Future May Be More Predictable Than Scientists Thought
Vanderford Glacier. Credit: Monash SAEFA new study suggests Antarctic ice loss may be reliably projected over the next…