Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate
Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice shelf NASA/Brooke Medley A large and…
Scientists Tried Drilling Into Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ But the Ice Had Other Plans
One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers has claimed a victim: a suite of instruments that became trapped deep…
Eight Antarctic architecture highlights
Following the unveiling of the Discovery Building today, we look at eight architectural highlights from Antarctica over the…
Hugh Broughton Architects unveils Discovery Building in Antarctica
UK studio Hugh Broughton Architects and NORR have exclusively revealed the aerodynamic Antarctic Discovery Building, which is topped with…
‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than we thought. Can a 150-metre wall stop it flooding Earth?
A global group of scientists, engineers and policy experts has unveiled an ambitious plan to build a wall…
‘Now you’ve got a properly zoomed-in digital image’
Scientists unveiled the most detailed map ever created of Antarctica’s hidden landscape beneath miles of ice, revealing thousands…
US Conducts Rare Inspection of Chinese Research Base in Antarctica
U.S. authorities have carried out a first official inspection of a Chinese Antarctic research station in six years,…
Authorities confirm body of French diver missing in Antarctica has been found
The body of a French diver who went missing in Antarctica earlier this month has been found after…
Scientists Race to Get to the Bottom of ‘Doomsday Glacier’
Scientists have finally planted their boots on one of the most closely watched chunks of ice on…
New map of Antarctica reveals hidden terrain with secrets to climate change
What lies beneath Antarctica’s immense and impenetrable ice sheet? Until now, we didn’t fully know, but a new,…
Satellites Capture the Hidden World Beneath Antarctica’s Ice
The majority of Antarctica is covered in a thick sheet of ice, but what lies beneath its frozen…
‘Acting like a giant conveyor belt’
A shift in balance at the frozen edges of Antarctica could disrupt the balance in all of the…