More than 40 years after it was collected, an Antarctic fossil has been recognized as a far more consequential discovery than anyone first realized, according to Sci.News. The bone is now considered ...
Robert Falcon Scott led an expedition aboard the ship ‘Terra Nova’ and Ernest Shackleton led one from the ship ‘Quest’—but ...
East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 ...
"Our results show that climate change made the retreat of the Pine Island Glacier substantially worse,” the lead author said.
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Study suggests melting Antarctic ice hides vast precious metal deposits, including gold and silver
The loss of ice on Antarctica could expose vast swaths of land allowing access to valuable mineral resources on the frozen ...
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Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil sat unnoticed for 40 years before a scientist spotted it
The marine rock around the fossil also suggests the animal likely ended up at sea after it died.
A vertebra discovered by British scientists in 1985 has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica, ...
The Southern Ocean has long stood out as an oddity in the global climate system. While most of the planet's surface oceans ...
Temperatures have climbed up to 45 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, stopping ice from forming in the dead of Antarctic winter.
Midwinter celebrations at the British research stations include a feast, exchange of presents, watching the 1982 horror film The Thing (where an alien monster terrorises an Antarctic base) and ...
Scientists discovered that atmospheric rivers reaching Antarctica arrive at an angle, improving snowfall tracking and sea ...
There’s a greater need than ever to understand how climate change in Antarctica will have global consequences – but research ...
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