Antarctica

AnimalsA new study predicts a bleak future for these iconic birds, which experienced an unprecedented breeding failure last year due to record-low sea ice levels. ByHeather Richardson Published August 24, 2023 • 5 min read For emperor penguins, sea ice is essential to survival. The iconic birds, found only in…

Credit: Patti Virtue After decades immersed in Antarctic science, I've learned that physical and biological changes rarely occur smoothly. More often than not, they unfold in sharp steps. Right now, Antarctica's climate and ecosystems are experiencing disturbing changes. Much of this winter's sea ice is missing. A crucial ocean current…

Nonfiction Nurturing Uncertainty What can Antarctica's "doomsday glacier" teach us about community? The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth by Elizabeth Rush Milkweed, 2023 ($30) As writer Elizabeth Rush prepares for her two-month expedition to Antarctica, on an icebreaker ship staffed with scientists from around the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Extreme weather in Antarctica, including ocean heat waves and ice loss, is set to become more intense unless urgent policy action reduces the burning of fossil fuels, a new study has found—the latest to sound the alarm on the damage climate change is unleashing. "It is…

A huge chunk of glacier ice collapsing into the sea Juan Maria Pazos/Alamy In recent years, there have been many unprecedented events in Antarctica, from low levels of sea ice to record-breaking heatwaves and the collapse of ice shelves. It is virtually certain that even more of this will happen…

A scientist holds one of the watermelons outside the station's greenhouse.  (Image credit: Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI))Scientists have successfully grown watermelons in an unlikely place: Antarctica. The agricultural feat was part of an experiment at Vostok Station, a year-round Russian research station located at the Pole of Cold,…

Conspiracy theorists have been turning their attention to Antarctica more than you’d expect over recent years. First, there was the case of the “bleeding waterfalls”, which remains one of the strangest natural phenomena you're likely to see, and there’s also the mystery of a so-called “pyramid” which has been found…

CNN  —  As the Northern Hemisphere swelters under a record-breaking summer heat wave, much further south, in the depths of winter, another terrifying climate record is being broken. Antarctic sea ice has fallen to unprecedented lows for this time of year. Every year, Antarctic sea ice shrinks to its lowest…

Even if you’re not into geography, you probably know Antarctica is a freezing continent unsuitable for humans. However, it seems a pyramid has been found there with curious metrics. And that’s not all — let’s take a look. Scientists have discovered a mountain-like structure beneath the ice in Antarctica, resembling a pyramid. People have been intrigued by the discovery of a massive pyramid-shaped…

By Spooky on July 27th, 2023 Category: Travel A pyramid-shaped peak in Antarctica’s Ellsworth Mountain range has been fueling all sorts of conspiracy theories involving aliens and ancient civilizations for at least seven years. Satellite images of a pyramid-shaped mountain peak in Antarctica first appeared on the internet in 2016.…