Antarctica

Published Jan 13th, 2025 7:45PM EST An international team has successfully extracted the world’s oldest ice sample from Antarctica. Spanning 1.2 million years of climate history, this ancient ice core promises to unveil secrets about Earth’s past climate systems and help us understand the climate of Earth’s future. This achievement…

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Environment For decades, we studied only a tiny number of Antarctica's emperor penguins. Now robots and satellites are revealing surprising secrets about how they live By Colin Barras Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email The emperor penguin breeding season is fraught with danger Stefan Christmann/naturepl.com A…

At McMurdo Station, America’s main Antarctic base, temporary residents keep themselves busy with work and the station’s many amenities: a music room, bars, gyms, and a library. But even with the recent installation of Starlink internet connectivity, morale can be difficult to keep up during the months-long winter nights.  From…

New research finds that ice melt in Antarctica could lead to more subglacial eruptions, affecting volcanoes such as Mount Erebus, seen here. (Image credit: Josh Landis, U.S. Arctic Program, Public Domain) A slow climate feedback loop may be bubbling beneath Antarctica's vast ice sheet. The continent, divided east to west…

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As the ship pulled away from the dock, I considered what lay before me: the darkening calm of the Beagle Channel, the terrifying swell of the Drake Passage, and then, glittering like a prize, Antarctica. This was a journey sparked 20…

Looking back on 2024, it wasn't a particularly stellar year for mankind. Regional wars, precarious global economics and the threat of climate change still hang over us. But why end the year with a frown? Rather, we should take heart from the many upbeat things that awed, inspired and entertained…

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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joined astronauts, filmmakers and explorers in a Future of Space livestream webinar from the Drake Passage during the Space2Sea Antarctica voyage on Dec. 20, 2024. (Image credit: Future of Space/Space2Sea) Space2Sea Antarctica marks the inaugural voyage in a series produced by FUTURE of SPACE (FoS). This…

California Flat Earther admits partial defeat after trip to AntarcticaRead More