Electron micrograph of a Concordia micrometeorite extracted from Antarctic snow at Dome C. Credit: © Cécile Engrand/Jean Duprat Every year, our planet encounters dust from…
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Dr. Sebastian Rosier at Pine Island Glacier in 2015. Credit: Dr. Sebastian Rosier Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in…
Mocked up illustration of touchdown impact on Antarctica. Credit: Mark A. Garlick Research led by the University of Kent’s School of Physical Sciences has found…
Scientists have discovered that glaciers in the Getz region of Antarctica are increasing in speed as they flow towards the ocean. This new research, which…
March 1, 2021 A large iceberg finally split from the Antarctic ice shelf, but another piece stubbornly hangs on. Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf finally calved…
New radar images, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, show a 1270 sq km iceberg breaking free and moving away rapidly from the floating ice…
A scientist on the French Antarctic resupply vessel L’Astrolabe drops an XBT probe to measure the temperature of the ocean, to a depth of 800…
New research led by BirdLife International, the University of East Anglia (UEA) and British Antarctic Survey highlights how a proposed network of marine protected areas…
New study unravels long-standing climate mystery and provides insight into how our planet may change in the future. Scientists claim to have found the “missing…
These AIM images span Dec. 8–Dec. 19, 2020, starting with AIM’s first observations of the Antarctic noctilucent cloud season. The colors — from dark blue…
November 21, 2020. (Click for high-resolution view.) In mid-November, about a month before the start of summer in the southern hemisphere, the Antarctic melting season…
An international research team led by UK scientists has revealed the return of critically endangered Antarctic blue whales to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia,…
A band of clouds in an atmospheric river extending from South America to the Antarctic sea ice zone on September 16, 2017. Credit: NASA Warm,…
The site for astronomy at Dome A. Credit: SHANG Zhaohui A research team led by Prof. SHANG Zhaohui from National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese…
A new international study led by Monash University climate scientists has revealed that ice loss in Antarctica persisted for many centuries after it was initiated…
The prevailing theory has been that sea ice can act as a lid to keep carbon in the ocean from escaping back to the atmosphere.…
ESA’s research medical doctor in Antarctica protected against the freezing conditions outside the French-Italian research base Concordia. Credit: ESA/IPEV/PNRA–S. Thoolen This year marks two decades…
The Japanese icebreaker ship Shirase near the tip of the Shirase Glacier during the 58th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. Credit: Kazuya Ono Ice is melting…
The KunLun Differential Image Motion Monitors atop the 8-meter high tower at Dome A, Antarctica. Credit: Zhaohui Shang Dome A, the highest ice dome on…
Credit: ESA/IPEV/PNRA–S. Thoolen After four months of darkness, the Sun finally rises on August 11, 2020, at Concordia research station in Antarctica. The crew is…