Scientists on ‘high alert’ as bird flu threat looms over Australian Antarctic Territory
At Berkley Island in East Antarctica, hordes of Adélie penguins are nesting on a rocky outcrop surrounded by…
The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
Known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is one of the most rapidly changing glaciers…
Scientists make stunning discovery after lost probe emerges from ocean depths: ‘There’s no going back’
A missing ocean float that had drifted away and gone missing for two and a half years finally…
Tiny Robot Lost Under Antarctic Ice for 8 Months Comes Back With Rare Data
A tiny robot explorer traversed the vast, frigid waters of Antarctica—even diving under the ice at one point.…
Antarctica on brink of collapse as hundreds of earthquakes recorded at ‘Doomsday’ glacier | World | News
Fears are growing about the potential collapse of Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier”, a massive ice sheet that is melting…
Ocean storms under Antarctic ice found to rapidly boost melting
Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of…
Scientists Just Found Another Way Antarctica Is Falling Apart
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If…
Mapping Uneven Global Sea-Level Rise Threats
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea…
Undersea ‘storms’ are melting the ‘doomsday’ glacier’s ice shelf
The Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica NASA/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock Underwater “storms” are melting the ice shelf protecting the Thwaites…
Society Insider: Billionaire philanthropist Jillian Friedlander’s Windsor Castle dinner; Renee Stewart’s Antarctic voyage with Deepak Chopra
The dinner was to recognise those who have made a significant contribution to the Duke of Edinburgh’s International…
Rapid melt from Antarctica could help preserve crucial ocean current
Melting ice in Antarctica could have an impact on ocean currents JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images While the…
Giant ‘toothed’ birds flew over Antarctica 40 million to 50 million years ago
Picture Antarctica today and what comes to mind? Large ice floes bobbing in the Southern Ocean? Maybe a…