The Brunt crack that produced a new Antarctic iceberg

This video shows the crack ... Antarctic Survey. Read more: Big iceberg breaks from Antarctica near UK base The BBC's Natural History Unit got a rare glimpse of the behaviour as climate change ... Read More

Feedback loop that is melting ice shelves in West Antarctica revealed

New research has uncovered a feedback loop that may be accelerating the melting of the floating portions of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, pushing up global sea levels. The study sheds new light on the ... Read More

Breaking ice, and helicopter drops: winning photos of working scientists

Nature’s annual photography competition attracted stunning images from around the world, including two very different shots featuring the Polarstern research vessel. Read More

Meteorites may be lost to Antarctic ice as climate warms, study says

Meteorites are disappearing into the Antarctic ice as a result of the climate crisis, putting them out of reach of scientists, according to a new study. Read More

Antarctic Affects Behavior

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U.S. News // 2 days ago NASA welcomes Switzerland ... Riley Duren, a research scientist at the University of Arizona, explained how new satellites are changing companies' and governments' ability ... Read More

Ice core record of Antarctic winds

Scientists believe remote Bouvet ... Amy King from the British Antarctic Survey spoke with our science correspondent Jonathan Amos. UK researchers want to understand what triggers the Antarctic ... Read More

'Very worried': Scientists fret as Antarctic sea ice dwindles

Sea ice levels in Antarctica have registered historic lows for three consecutive years, portending grave consequences for life on Earth as we know it. But looking out over the southernmost ... Read More

Massive ice shelf on verge of breakup

"We flew along the main crack ... Antarctic Survey said. Larsen B, a 1,254-square-mile ice shelf, comparable in size to the U.S. state of Rhode Island, collapsed in 2002, the group said ... Read More

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April 22, 2024 • Drug company reps commonly visit doctors to talk about new medications. A team of economists wanted to know if that helps patients live longer. They found that for cancer ... Read More

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Feb. 1, 2023 — People who share a political ideology have more similar 'neural fingerprints' of political words and process new information in similar ways, ... U.S. Political Partisanship ... Read More