Antarctica

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR World 4 Jul, 2022 01:41 AM2 minutes to read Aurora Australis in the dusk, caused by solar wind clashing with the ionosphere. Photo / Barry Becker Antarctica in winter, for most people, would be a pretty miserable experience - extreme cold, indoor…

Elizabeth C. Sklute uses a Bruker ALPHA Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer to study the mineral products created through the bioreduction of iron (hydr)oxides by microbes. Credit: E.C. Sklute, PSI. Results of multiple and complementary lab analyses of minerals found in samples of material from Antarctica could give scientists a better understanding…

AFR MagazineLife & LuxuryFood & Wine“When you’re working on land, you can request vegetables, meat, fish every day. On a cruise like this, most of our produce is frozen – because we have no choice.” What’s for dinner? After a day of Antarctic adventures, the 132 guests on board Le…

Home News Thwaites Glacier is one of the fastest-melting glaciers on the coast of Antarctica. (Image credit: British Antarctic Survey) Antarctica's so-called Doomsday Glacier is losing ice at its fastest rate in 5,500 years, raising concerns about the ice sheet's future and the possibility of catastrophic sea level rise caused…

Home News A map of the Southern Ocean showing the tracks of surverying ships that collected the new depth measurements. (Image credit: IBCSOV2/AWI/NIPPON FOUNDATION/SEABED2030) Researchers have published the most detailed map of Antarctica's frigid Southern Ocean to date, including the ocean's new deepest point, the "Factorian Deep," which sits nearly…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new report from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) reveals how climate change is significantly impacting Antarctica's ice sheets, climate and ecosystems, with far-reaching global consequences. The report, released May 24 at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Berlin, shows that Antarctic ice sheets…

Antarctica is believed as a pristine, relatively untouched place. However, a new study contradicts this concept, reporting the presence of microplastics in freshly fallen Antarctic snow for the first time. The presence of microplastics has negative impacts on environmental health. It can potentially influence the climate by accelerating snow and…

Home News Researchers discovered swarms of shrimplike amphipods while they were exploring an underground Antarctic river. (Image credit: NIWA/Craig Stevens) (opens in new tab)A never-before-seen ecosystem lurks in an underground river deep below the icy surface in Antarctica. Researchers recently brought this "hidden world" into the light, revealing a dark…

Microplastics have been found in fresh snowfall in Antarctica for the first time.  In recent years, scientists discovered microplastic pollution near the summit of Mount Everest and in the Marianas Trench — at depths among the deepest in the ocean.  Now, the icy continent at the southern tip of the…

Cory Lee in Antarctica. Cory Lee Cory Lee is one of the most intrepid travelers that I’ve had the pleasure to meet. His journeys to places like India, Morocco and Antarctica are just the start. In the past eight years, he has visited 39 countries and all seven continents. What…