Antarctica

‘We are calling on the delegates who are currently meeting in Finland to support this proposal to make any type of mining impossible – to close the door on that entirely. We want a ‘forever ban’ on mining in Antarctica.” So said Jacqui Tooke, a member and spokesperson for Extinction…

It was Ukraine’s established friendship with the UK that delivered the 33-year-old Noosfera, previously the RRS James Clark Ross, to the now-war-battered port of Odesa in October 2021.  Inspected by President Volodymyr Zelensky himself, the ice-class research vessel had been the star of the UK’s polar fleet, until she was replaced…

Gold is wealth. It can be saved or melted to make pieces of jewelry. The high demand for this natural resource has made its mining a global business with operations on every continent except Antarctica. In Africa, South Africa takes the lead as the country with the largest gold production.…

Melting Antarctic ice and rising temperatures are forecast to significantly effect ocean currents. Climate change-driven shifts in the circulation of waters to the deepest reaches of the ocean around Antarctica, which could reverberate across the planet and intensify global warming, are happening decades "ahead of schedule", according to new research.…

Credit: Steve Rintoul, Author provided Antarctica sets the stage for the world's greatest waterfall. The action takes place beneath the surface of the ocean. Here, trillions of tons of cold, dense, oxygen-rich water cascade off the continental shelf and sink to great depths. This Antarctic "bottom water" then spreads north…

Viral videos have never run dry on the world wide web. How amazing is it that there’s always something crazy on the internet? From people riding trolleys on the highway to failed challenge compilations – the internet seems to always amaze. Today’s viral video has captured the attention of millions…

An illustration of Vintana, an ancient groundhog-like mammal that lived in Madagascar during the time of the dinosaurs. Credit: Gary Staab Approximately 200 million years ago, Antarctica was attached to South America, Africa, India, and Australia in a single "supercontinent" called Gondwana. Paleontologists have long wondered about the unique mammals…

What comes to your mind when you hear the word Antarctica? Most likely, “cold, snow, ice, and penguins.” Yet, this is one of the least explored regions in the world that hides many strange and unique things. Check them out. You don’t have to go to Antarctica to see this weird thing. All you need to do is open Google Earth…

Scientists have discovered the cause of giant underwater landslides in Antarctica which they believe could have generated tsunami waves that stretched across the Southern Ocean. An international team of researchers has uncovered layers of weak, fossilised and biologically-rich sediments hundreds of metres beneath the seafloor. These formed beneath extensive areas…

TechCrunch Disrupt is a global event, and the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort reflects the rich geographic genius the world has to offer. Although we’ve never had a startup from Antarctica, that’s probably just a matter of time. Right now, however, we’re looking at the countries that make up APAC and…