Antarctica

NOAA and NASA report that the 2025 ozone hole over Antarctica was far smaller and shorter-lived than usual. Falling chlorine levels and a weaker polar vortex helped limit ozone loss this season. These findings add to decades of evidence showing that the Montreal Protocol is working...Read More

Sometimes, we get lucky in science. In this case, an oceanographic float we deployed to do one job ended up drifting away and doing something else entirely. Equipped with temperature and salinity sensors, our Argo ocean float was supposed to be surveying the ocean around the Totten Glacier, in eastern…

After 21 days, seven continents and a challenge that repeatedly pushed him beyond exhaustion, Spencer Matthews has completed PROJECT SE7EN – finishing his seventh full-distance triathlon in Antarctica to set a new benchmark for ultra-endurance and raise vital awareness for men’s mental health. Matthews – an entrepreneur who has swapped…

Global stability hangs by a thread as fears of a third world war intensify following Vladimir Putin's chilling declaration that Russia is 'ready right now' for a confrontation with Europe. The Kremlin's aggressive rhetoric has sent shockwaves through Western capitals, compounding anxieties already heightened by simmering conflicts in Venezuela, Iran,…

Vogue Williams became the third celebrity to leave I'm A Celebrity on Monday night, with husband Spencer Matthews sharing his reaction from Antarctica where he's completing an Ironman challenge Vogue Williams was the third celebrity to exit the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here jungle, and fans are…

Around 12,000 years ago, the last Ice Age drew to a close. Global temperatures rose, the early Holocene began, and human communities gradually shifted toward more permanent settlements. A new study published in Nature Geoscience highlights how the Southern Ocean around Antarctica helped drive this major climate transition. The research…

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If it were to ever melt away entirely, it would add 10 feet to global sea levels. Even considering how quickly humans are heating the planet, such a change would likely unfold over…

A glacier on the Eastern Antarctic Peninsula has undergone the quickest ice loss documented in modern times, according to a major international study co-authored by Swansea University. Published in Nature Geoscience, the research reports that Hektoria Glacier shortened by nearly half its length in only two months during 2023. The…

From London to Arizona, Cape Town, Perth, Dubai, South America, and finally Antarctica – British athlete and TV personality Spencer Matthews has today set off on the first leg of a truly extraordinary feat: completing seven full-distance triathlons across seven continents in just three weeks. With this ambitious project, Matthews…

This morning as Spencer Matthews slipped into the dark waters of London’s Canary Wharf, he began one of the most ambitious endurance challenges ever attempted – seven full-distance triathlons on seven continents in just 21 days. The previous world record for such a feat is four years! By the time…