Antarctica

The winners of a new wildlife photography competition have been announced, with a drone image of seals on an ice floe earning the top prize. Image copyright Nature TTL / Florian Ledoux French photographer Florian Ledoux took the winning photo, entitled Above the Crabeater Seals, in Antarctica."For me, it is…

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I’m a geophysicist, and the goal of my research is to understand how ice at the poles of our planet works — how ice sheets flow, melt, grow. To do that, I’m always working on different ways of looking at them.The instrument in this picture is called the Ice Pod,…

I’m a geophysicist, and the goal of my research is to understand how ice at the poles of our planet works — how ice sheets flow, melt, grow. To do that, I’m always working on different ways of looking at them.The instrument in this picture is called the Ice Pod,…

Portrait and documentary photographer Manfredi Gioacchini recently embarked on an expedition to cover as much of Antarctica as possible, documenting its beauty and raising awareness about the impacts of climate change on the White Continent. And he’s doing much of it with an iPhone. Gioacchini has travelled all over the…

A disturbing new study notes that Greeland lost 600 billion tons of ice by the end of last summer, enough to raise global sea levels 2.2 millimeters in just two months by itself.The research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, notes that the exceptionally warm temperatures at the North Pole last…

The uncertain future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet By Frank Pattyn, Mathieu Morlighem Science20 Mar 2020 : 1331-1335 Read More

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Daily Photo – The Ice Wall in Antarctica While we were camping in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, every day we would walk down and visit a glacier. There are no bad photos of this monstrosity. I can’t even believe that something like this exists! It was quiet, peaceful, and…

Photo by Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Luxury retailers are being hit hard by COVID-19, but that hasn't stopped them from donating to help those affected by the virus.Companies such as LVMH and Kering have donated to foundations that provide medical supplies for those impacted by the virus, while…