Antarctica

Government orders evacuations of coastal towns in far south PUBLISHED : 2 May 2025 at 21:25 UPDATED : 2 May 2025 at 22:25 The earthquake’s epicentre was 218km south of the town of Puerto Williams in the far south of Chile. (Photo: Dentren via Wikimedia Commons) Chile’s government ordered coastal…

The Government is investing in Antarctic research to better understand changes on the icy continent and how they could affect New Zealand, Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Dr Shane Reti announced today. "What happens in Antarctica matters to us here in New Zealand," Dr Reti says. "For example, as Antarctic…

A Firefly Aerospace rocket was on the launch pad at Vandenburg Space Force. It lifted off Tuesday morning but the payload didn't go into orbit. Photo courtesy Firefly Aerospace. April 30 (UPI) -- A Firefly Aerospace rocket launched from California crashed into the Pacific Ocean north of Antarctica, failing to…

Mass changes across the Antarctic ice sheet have been detected using satellite gravimetry, revealing significant instabilities in major glacier basins of East Antarctica as well as across the entire ice sheet. The Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) plays a major role in global sea-level rise. Since March 2002...Read More

During Antarctica’s warm season, the sleek Norwegian passenger ship known as the MS Fridtjof Nansen departs regularly from Argentina for its journey south across the turbulent Drake Passage, down to the Antarctic Peninsula. The cruise carries wealthy adventurers, bucket listers and, increasingly, polar scientists looking to gather data as public…

Environment Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to the fate of Antarctica’s ice By Jonathan Amos Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Tabular icebergs are breaking away from the ice shelves…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter???? James Cameron wasn’t near the penguins this time around, but he is extremely familiar with their environment. “When I went to Antarctica myself, I had a Nikon still camera adapted to the cold with special lubricants,” he tells Popular Science. “I went to the…

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in the Amundsen Sea. The presence of persistent “grease ice” near Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, both notorious for contributing to sea level rise, has scientists watching closely...Read More

Researchers collecting rock samples in Antarctica in the 1960s Polar Rock Repository Microbes living beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet may survive on methane generated by geothermal heat rising from deep below Earth’s surface. The discovery could have implications for assessing the potential for life to survive on icy worlds beyond Earth.…

“ O h my god,  this thing’s going to die.” That was the thought running through the mind of wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory when he saw the first juvenile emperor penguin jump off a 50-foot cliff. The bird plummeted downward, splashing into the frigid Southern Ocean. After a few suspenseful…