Tag: antarctic

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on fossil leaves from South America that...
Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low over the waves of a fjord, before noticing the tiny shadow of a seabird far below...

Decades of observations uncover secrets of Antarctic fast ice

Sea ice that has persisted for at least 15 days and is held fast to the shoreline is called "fast ice." Around Antarctica, fast...

Massive Antarctic icebergs may calve at random, analysis suggests

Antarctica is losing ice quickly, in part because of climate change. Massive calving events, such as the one that formed the Delaware-sized (5,800 square...

Paleoenvironmental study at Waterfall Bluff reveals leopard seal far from Antarctic waters

Waterfall Bluff Rock Shelter (WB) (Eastern Cape Province (ECP), South Africa) contains archaeological deposits demonstrating persistent and continuous human occupation spanning from Late Marine...

‘Very worried’: Scientists fret as Antarctic sea ice dwindles

Sea ice levels in Antarctica have registered historic lows for three consecutive years, portending grave consequences for life on Earth as we know it. But...

Ice cores provide first documentation of rapid Antarctic ice loss in the past

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey have uncovered the first direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrunk...

One of world’s largest icebergs drifting beyond Antarctic waters after it was grounded for 3 decades

One of the world's largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters, after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic...

Researchers find Antarctic ice shelves thinner than previously thought

As global ice dams begin to weaken due to warming temperatures, a new study suggests that prior attempts to evaluate the mass of the...

Dangerous slowing of Antarctic ocean circulation sooner than expected

Scientists have said that an acceleration of melting Antarctic ice and rising temperatures, driven by the emission of planet-warming gases, is expected to have...

Why Antarctic ice shelves are losing their mass and how it leads to global sea level rise

The Greenland ice sheet (GIS) and Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) contribute largely to global mean sea level (GMSL) changes, though the seas surrounding the...

‘Devastating’ melt of Greenland, Antarctic ice sheets found

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year as they were 30 years ago,...

Massive Australia wildfires increased Antarctic ozone hole: Study

Smoke from monster wildfires in Australia caused a chemical reaction that widened the ozone hole 10 percent, researchers said Wednesday, raising fears that increasing...

How thick is Antarctic ice, and what is underneath?

Ice at the edge of the Antarctic continent hosts a flourishing ecosystem. Seals and penguins breed, fish mature, and algae thrive, all thanks to...

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