Antarctica

(Image credit: The ANSMET (ANtarctic Search for METeorites) Program, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Utah.) The chemical composition of a meteorite could shake up scientists' understanding of how Earth got its water. Researchers found signs of hydrogen sulfide in a type of meteorite similar to those that…

Last Updated: May 05, 2025, 11:43 IST When the ice of the glacier melts, it increases the flow of water in the oceans. If all glaciers and ice sheets melted, the global sea level would rise by more than 195 feet. The world's largest iceberg, named A23a, is seen in…

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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…