Antarctica

  • Featured

How Sea Ice Blew The Socks Off Scientists

Antarctic sea ice was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons in 2023. It started with the lowest extent…

3 months ago
  • Featured

Unravelling Antarctica’s Sea Ice Puzzle

Sea ice around the Antarctic has shrunk and is responding to the atmosphere differently. The challenge is to work out…

3 months ago
  • Featured

A Heatwave In Antarctica? You Read That Right!

Climate scientists don’t like surprises. It means our deep understanding of how the climate works isn’t quite as complete as…

4 months ago
  • Featured

Over 200 Scientists Say The Southern Ocean Is In Trouble

While the Southern Ocean around Antarctica has been warming for decades, the annual extent of winter sea ice seemed relatively…

6 months ago
  • Featured

Antarctica Is Missing A Chunk Of Sea Ice Bigger Than Greenland!

Deadly heatwaves, raging wildfires and record global temperatures are upon us. But far from the flames, at the southernmost tip…

9 months ago
  • Featured

‘Devastating’ Melting Of Greenland & Antarctic Ice-Sheets Found

Source: PTI The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year…

1 year ago
  • Featured

For 2nd Year In A Row, Antarctic Sea-Ice Cover Hits Record Low: Study

Source: PTI Antarctic sea ice extent has been reported to have broken its record low of last year and has…

1 year ago
  • Featured

Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins May Be Extinct By 2100

Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and the populations of up to 97 per cent of land-based…

1 year ago
  • Featured

Warmer Summers Imperil Antarctic Ice-Shelves

During the Antarctic summer, air temperatures get warm enough to melt snow and ice on the surface of the great…

2 years ago
  • Featured

Scientists Explore The ‘Doomsday’ Glacier

A team of scientists are sailing to the place in the world that's the hardest to get to so they…

2 years ago
  • Featured

Capt Chandi Becomes First PIO Woman To Trek Solo To South Pole

Captain Harpreet Chandi, a 32-year-old Indian-origin British Sikh Army officer and physiotherapist, also known as 'Polar Preet', has created history…

2 years ago
  • Featured

Major Collapse Of West Antarctica’s Ice Sheet Can Be Averted

(The Conversation: with Dan Lowry, Ice Sheet & Climate Modeller, GNS Science; Mario Krapp, Environmental Data Scientist, GNS Science; Nick…

2 years ago
  • Featured

Other Species Pose A Threat To Antarctica’s Fragile Ecosystem

(The Conversation: By Dana M Bergstrom, Principal Research Scientist, University of Wollongong and Shavawn Donoghue, Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania)…

2 years ago
  • Featured

World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks Off In Antarctica As Glaciers Retreat

An iceberg the size of the Spanish island of Majorca has broken off the coast of Antarctica, with measurements taken…

3 years ago
  • Featured

Earth Losing Ice Faster Today Than In Mid-1990s: Study

Earth's ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever…

3 years ago
  • Featured

COVID-19 Reaches Antarctica, The Last Untouched Continent

The coronavirus pandemic has finally reached every continent on Earth. Chilean authorities announced that 58 people that were at two…

3 years ago
  • Featured

Antarctica Rocked By 30,000 Tremors In 3 Months

More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since the end of August, according to the University of Chile, a spike…

3 years ago
  • Featured

All-female Scientific Coalition Calls For Protection Of Antarctic Peninsula

Climate change and human activity are harming Antarctica and threatening wildlife from humpback whales to microscopic algae, more than 280…

4 years ago

This website uses cookies.