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…
Antarctica Gained a Record 695 Billion Tons of Ice in Just Two Years
A rare surge in Antarctic snowfall temporarily added hundreds of billions of tons of ice to East Antarctica,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea…
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.…