Antarctica

Across the South Pole’s frozen expanse, there lives only one purely terrestrial animal: a tiny insect called the Antarctic midge. This flightless creature, just 0.2 inches long, has eked out an existence in one of the world’s most unforgiving climates for some 30 million years, since its home continent split…

The ozone layer over Antarctica, damaged by air pollution decades ago, has fortunately been recovering in recent years. Scientists have observed gradual ozone restoration since the 2000s, but now, one study all but confirms that this positive trend is a result of reduced ozone-depleting chemicals in the atmosphere.  The study…

On a remote island in the Southern Ocean, China’s Qinling Station has switched on Antarctica’s first large-scale hydrogen energy system — a breakthrough in sustaining research operations in one of the harshest places on Earth. Combining wind, solar, and hydrogen fuel cells, the system ensures a stable power supply through…

QUICK FACTS Name: Lake Vostok Location: East Antarctica Coordinates: -77.45268382042562, 106.23142584023033 Why it's incredible: The lake is one of the largest on Earth, but it lies beneath several miles of ice. Lake Vostok is a giant lake in Antarctica that is similar in size to North America's Lake Ontario. But…

February 12, 2025 2 min read Molted penguin feathers record mercury infiltrating Antarctica’s food web By Gayoung Lee edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Gentoo penguins have a wide geographic range, making them good targets for follow-up research. David Merron Photography/Getty Images When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D.…

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It's easy to mistake the earth beneath our feet as being still and unchanging — but that couldn't be further from the truth. In this week's science news we've seen Earth's crust peeling away under the Sierra Nevada mountains , mimicking the process that creates new continents. Looking east, an…

Killer Whales Teach Young To Hunt - YouTube Watch On Stunning new footage captures the moment adult orcas carefully teach their calves how to hunt, demonstrating how to push a seal off a bit of ice before getting the young to give it a go themselves. The clip shows a…

Author of the article: Washington Post Kasha Patel, The Washington Post Published Feb 06, 2025  •  4 minute read This handout satellite photograph taken by the NASA satellite between January 12, 2025 and January 31, 2025 and released by NASA on January 31, 2025, shows the A23a iceberg (CR) drifting…

Antarctica harbors many distinctive features of life, yet much about the diversity and functioning of Antarctica’s life remains unknown. Evolutionary histories and functional ecology are well understood only for vertebrates, whereas research on ...Read More