Antarctica

Ammonia plays an essential role in the atmosphere but is rarely measured, making it harder to understand key climate processes like how new particles form, especially in remote areas. A new study examines how this happens on the Antarctic Peninsula, using highly sensitive instruments to measure ammonia levels and other…

Life Huge colonies of penguins in Antarctica fill the air with ammonia, which boosts particles in the atmosphere that allow climate-cooling clouds to form By James Dinneen Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Adelie penguins on sea ice off the Antarctic Peninsula Ashley Cooper pics/Alamy Fumes…

In December 2022, Matthew Boyer hopped on an Argentine military plane to one of the more remote habitations on Earth: Marambio Station at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, where the icy continent stretches toward South America. Months before that, Boyer had to ship expensive, delicate instruments that might get…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter???? Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. If you have ever stood in front of a penguin enclosure at an aquarium–or better yet traveled to Antarctica, New Zealand, or parts of southern Africa to see them in the wild–one reality really sticks out…

The US towns that took on 'forever chemical' giants -- and won By Issam AHMED Washington (AFP) May 19, 2025 No corner of Earth is untouched. From Tibet to Antarctica, so-called "forever chemicals" have seeped into the blood of nearly every living creature. Tainting food, water and wildlife, these toxic…

WASHINGTON - No corner of the Earth is untouched. From Tibet to Antarctica, so-called "forever chemicals" have seeped into the blood of nearly every living creature. Tainting food, water and wildlife, these toxic substances have been linked to ailments ranging from birth defects to rare cancers. Yet if it weren't…

Mariah Blake, author of "They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals" speaks at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California - Copyright AFP Robyn Beck Issam AHMED No corner of Earth is untouched. From Tibet to Antarctica, so-called “forever chemicals” have seeped into the blood of…

By July 1858, the English explorer John Hanning Speke had been in Africa for 18 months. His eyes and body were weakened by fever, and he still hadn’t found what he set out to discover – the source of the River Nile. Squinting through the heat on July 30, however,…

Underneath miles-deep ice sheets covering Antarctica lies the largest mountain range no one on Earth has ever seen. Even though a few of its tallest points peek through in some places, relatively few people know of the entire range’s existence. However, geologists studying it have long argued about how and…

The full Nautilus archive • eBooks & Special Editions • Ad-free reading The full Nautilus archive eBooks & Special Editions Ad-free reading Glaciers around the globe are retreating. And they might be picking the pockets of their neighbors as they go. Using satellite data, researchers have observed a phenomenon called…