Antarctica

February 25, 2022 The long-term trend for sea ice in the south is flat, while the global trend points downward. In February 2022, sea ice around Antarctica reached the lowest extent ever observed since the start of the satellite record in 1979. It marks the first time that the ice…

An iceberg near Antarctica. Credit: Gibran Turner/Getty Images The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. East Antarctica’s Conger ice shelf—a floating platform the size of Rome—broke off the continent on March 15, 2022. Since the beginning of satellite observations in…

It’s been a strange stretch for the icy desert at the bottom of the world.   In mid-March, temperatures in parts of East Antarctica soared 70 degrees Fahrenheit above average. It was high enough for researchers living there to brave the elements for a bare-chested group photo.  The comparably balmy temperatures,…

The Conger Ice Shelf crumbled after temperatures in the East Antarctic surged to 40C above normal earlier this month. Published On 26 Mar 202226 Mar 2022 An East Antarctica ice shelf disintegrated this month following a period of extreme heat in the region, scientists have said. Satellite images show the…

Scientists said Friday that an ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica after record high temperatures. Why it matters: This marks the first time in human history that an ice shelf collapsed in the region, which had long been considered stable and less vulnerable…

An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said Friday. The collapse, captured by satellite images, marked the first time in human history that the frigid region had…

Sentinel-1A image showing the location of the former Conger Ice Shelf. Iceberg C-38 is a Conger remnant, while iceberg C-37 is the product of another recent collapse, that of the Glenzer ice shelf. Image: ESA/Sentinel-1A An ice shelf the size of Hong Kong has collapsed in eastern Antarctica, spawning a…

For more than 100 years, the wreck of the lost ship Endurance has sat untouched at the bottom of the icy Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica. Famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew were the last humans to lay eyes on it before its demise in 1915,…

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PARIS: Eastern Antarctica has recorded exceptionally high temperatures this week, more than 30 degrees Celsius above normal, experts said. The Concordia research base at Dome C of the Antarctic, which is at an altitude of 3,000 meters (9,800 feet), on Friday registered a record -11.5 degrees Celsius (11.3 Fahrenheit), Etienne…