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…
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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…
Credit: Chris Fogwill, Author provided As the world warmed from the last ice age, a rise in carbon dioxide levels stalled for nearly 2,000 years.…
Adélie penguins in Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica, enjoy easy access to food and increase body weight and breeding success in ice-free summer. Credit: Yuuki Watanabe (National…
In 2011, Chilean scientists discovered a mysterious fossil in Antarctica that looked like a deflated football. For nearly a decade, the specimen sat unlabeled and…
A surging glacier in the St. Elias Mountains, Canada. Credit: Gwenn Flowers New model answers longstanding question of how these sudden flows happen; may expand…
MIT scientists suggest sea ice extent in the Southern Ocean may increase with glacial melting in Antarctica. This image shows a view of the Earth…
Dr. Matt Davey sampling snow algae at Lagoon Island, Antarctica. Credit: Sarah Vincent Scientists have created the first-ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they…
Denman Glacier, February 26 – 28, 2020. Using a combination of satellite sensors, scientists recently found that Denman Glacier has been retreating both above and…
This shows the amount of ice gained or lost by Antarctica between 2003 and 2019. Dark reds and purples show large average rates of ice…
Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland account for roughly a half-inch of sea level rise between 2003 and 2019. Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser…
This photograph shows ripples in the surface of Denman Glacier in East Antarctica that throw shadows against the ice. The glacier is melting at a…
Illustration of the Antarctic rainforest. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/James McKay Researchers have found evidence of rainforests near the South Pole 90 million years ago, suggesting the climate…
Greenland’s Steenstrup Glacier, with the midmorning sun glinting off the Denmark Strait in the background. The image was taken during a NASA IceBridge airborne survey…
Greenland. Credit: I. Joughin, University of Washington According to a new report, Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than in the 1990s…