Antarctica

Antarctica froze over 34 million years ago, when the planet was around 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) warmer than today, while the Northern Hemisphere did not form large ice sheets for more than 20 million years after that. Falling carbon dioxide levels were known to play a role, but…

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A small fossil collected on an Antarctic island more than four decades ago is a tail vertebra of a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that roamed Antarctica roughly 83 million years ago, according to a new paper in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. The discovery represents only the second sauropod body fossil…

The first dinosaur found in Antarctica belonged to a group that included the largest animals ever to walk the planet, a new study finds. A backbone from the 82 million-year-old giant was discovered more than 40 years ago, but at the time, researchers assumed it came from an ancient marine…

This image provided by the Natural History Museum shows a fossil found in Antarctica that belongs to a group of dinosaurs called titanosaurs. (Natural History Museum via AP) Lucie Goodayle/The Natural History Museum, Lond NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away…

Image source, Tony Jolliffe/BBC News Image caption, The fossil was originally found in 1985 on James Ross Island in Antarctica By Rebecca Morelle Science Editor  and  Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist An unassuming-looking fossil that spent 40 years lying forgotten in a drawer has turned out to be the first…

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Vanderford Glacier. Credit: Monash SAEF A new study suggests Antarctic ice loss may be reliably projected over the next several decades. Scientists say the next 30 to 50 years could be a crucial period for understanding and preparing for Antarctic ice loss and its impact on rising sea levels. A…

In Antarctica’s extreme cold, plants blanket small ice-free areas in bursts of green. These include two native species of flowering plants, 116 moss species, and several liverworts and lichens. Until now, however, none had been assessed for their extinction risk in Antarctica. For the first time...Read More

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