Antarctica

Images of the largest iceberg in the world have been snapped by NASA as it drifts toward its doom in warmer waters. The iceberg, named A-23A (sometimes called A23a), just escaped from an ocean current vortex that had trapped it just to the north of the South Orkney Islands for…

(Image credit: Space2Sea via Instagram) Space2Sea Antarctica marks the inaugural voyage in a series produced by FUTURE of SPACE (FoS). This innovative journey blends Earth's uncharted territories with the inspiring narrative of human curiosity and exploration. It encapsulates the core mission of FoS to: Embrace New Frontiers, Celebrate the Human…

Images showing the floor of Lake Enigma at a depth of 30 feet. Lake Enigma sits beneath the ice in Victoria Land, Antarctica. (Image credit: Image cropped from Fig. 4, Smedlile et al/Communications Earth & Enviornment, 2024, CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ) Antarctica's Lake Enigma certainly lives up to its…

(Image credit: Space2Sea via Instagram) Future of Space presents: Space2Sea Live from Antarctica - YouTube Watch On Have questions about space you've always wanted to ask an expert? This Friday (Dec. 20), several cultural and scientific icons including "Star Trek" star William Shatner, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Apollo 16 moonwalker…

Deception Island is a semi-submerged volcanic caldera that provides refuge to sailors exploring the Southern Ocean's rough seas. (Image credit: NASA/LAndsat/Lauren Dauphin) QUICK FACTS Where is it? Deception Island, South Shetland Islands What's in the photo? A semi-submerged, active volcanic caldera partially covered in snow Which satellite took the photo?…

By Spooky on December 13th, 2024 Category: Travel Located in Antarctica’s McMurdo’s Dry Valleys, the shallow Don Juan Pond is the world’s saltiest body of water. With a salt content that puts the Dead Sea to shame, it remains liquid even at -58 degrees Celsius (-50 Fahrenheit). At four inches…

“Goooooood morning, my dear expedition members!” Our expedition leader, Kuba’s now familiar voice sounds from the speakers in our portal cabin on the Magellan Explorer. “We will be arriving at the South Shetland islands in the morning, and we should be seeing our first iceberg sometime in the middle of…

Bird flu has crept uncomfortably close to home in recent months. Public health experts have detected nearly five dozen known infections of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in people in the U.S. Dairy farmers are approaching a full year of exposure to the virus in their herds. And more than…

The Antarctic Peninsula is rapidly greening, with vegetation increasing tenfold since 1986 due to warming temperatures and glacial retreat. Mosses dominate the landscape, raising ecological concerns such as biodiversity loss and nonnative species invasions. Scientists highlight the need for biosecurity and detailed field research to understand these changes...Read More

Researchers probe immediate and long-term threats at two of continent’s biggest magmatic tinderboxes...Read More