Antarctic base waits on 'Halloween' ice crack

Antarctic base move complete Ice crack to shut down UK base Abseiling into an Antarctic ... who work at the end of the world to do their science." Scientists are keen to return to year-round ... Read More

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

Ocean currents threaten to collapse Antarctic ice shelves

Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the melting of Antarctic ice shelves, threatening a significant rise in sea levels. 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

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April 16 (UPI) -- Riley Duren, a research scientist at the University of Arizona ... with a Falcon 9 rocket lifting the U.S. Space Force missionUSSF-62 into orbit. April 9 (UPI) -- The United ... Read More

Antarctic Affects Behavior

A version of this article appears in the July 4, 1959 issue of Science News. Love our Health & Medicine stories? Our coverage would not be possible without the generous support of subscribers to ... 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

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It was the first voyage of what would become known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. It did not go to plan. Sea ice at both the top and bottom of the planet continued its decline in 2024. 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

North Pole expedition organizes science camp on drifting ice floe

TASS/. Participants in the North Pole-41 expedition organized a science camp on a drifting ice floe in the Arctic Ocean, press service of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI ... Read More

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A study by The University of Western Australia has unearthed a new species of subterranean ant that shares some traits with a well-known Harry Potter villain. A study by The University of Western ... Read More