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…
Meet the man who’s about to break another world record in the North Pole
Richard Parks’ hardest climb happened long before he first summited a mountain. In 2009, the polar athlete, then…
Massive iconic iceberg turns blue and is “on the verge of complete disintegration,” NASA says
One of the largest and oldest icebergs ever tracked by scientists has turned blue and is “on the…
Antarctica’s Oldest, Largest Iceberg Is Turning an Ominous Blue Color
New satellite images of what was once the largest iceberg in the world show warning signs of its…