Despite sounding like a joke, the unmanned long-range submarine vehicle Boaty McBoatface is helping scientists conduct serious research on rising sea levels brought on by climate change.
Read morePenguin and seal poop may be the key to Antarctica’s biodiversity hot spots, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology.
Read moreEmperor penguins have ditched a longtime love nest for three consecutive years as they search for stable ground while sea levels rise and fierce winds reshape the landscape of Antarctica, according to a study published Thursday.
Read moreWarm dry air currents passing over the Antarctic Peninsula’s central mountain range are causing an unusual spike in late-season surface melting on the continent’s fourth largest ice shelf, according to a new University of Maryland research study published Thursday in Geophysical Research Letters.
Read moreScientists believe a recent fossil finding proves early relatives of dinosaurs and crocodiles once roamed the verdant forests of what is now ice-covered Antarctica.
Read moreUsing bleeding edge satellite technology, scientists have gained insight into the status of one of Antarctica’s biggest glaciers – and the results aren’t pretty.
Read moreUsing workplace safety parameters to marine Antarctic animals, scientists say they can now predict climate change winners and losers in the Southern Ocean.
Read moreAn Oregon man became the first person to traverse Antarctica alone without any assistance on Wednesday, trekking across the polar continent in an epic 54-day journey that was previously deemed impossible.
Read moreOf all the non-native insect species found in Antarctica, scientists said Wednesday a nonbiting species of midge presents the biggest risk to the continent’s terrestrial ecosystems.
Read moreUpholding submissions Tuesday related to the conservation of Antarctic resources, the European Court of Justice resolved a power struggle between two of the EU’s decision-making bodies.
Read moreNASA will soon have more detailed information than ever before about the melting of Earth’s polar ice caps and how they affect sea level rise.
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Melting Antarctic ice has raised global sea levels by more than a quarter of an inch since 1992, with 40 percent of the increase occurring in the past five years, according to a study published Wednesday in the leading scientific journal Nature.
Read moreScientists in Antarctica have harvested their first crop of vegetables grown without earth, daylight or pesticides as part of a project designed to help astronauts cultivate fresh food on other planets.
Read moreMarine mammal expert Dr. Regina Eisert thought minke whales were a little boring until she captured some striking footage of one swimming underwater near Antarctica. Now she thinks they’re beautiful.
Read moreNew research reveals that changes in the Antarctic Ocean led to the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at the end of the last ice age.
Read moreThe thinning of even small portions of floating ice along Antarctica’s coast can accelerate the loss of ice grounded on rocks hundreds of miles away, a new study finds.
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A decade of significant changes in the snow-free valleys of Antarctica was triggered by a single season of unusually intense glacial melting in 2002, according to new research by the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Read moreAn iceberg nearly the size of Delaware has broken off from a key ice shelf in Antarctica – permanently changing the landscape of the Antarctic Peninsula, scientists said Wednesday.
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Climate change is turning the white, frozen tundra of Antarctica a bit greener.
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