First collapse of an ice shelf in East Antarctica
Compared to West Antarctica, climate change has had little impact on East Antarctica. But this could now be over.
Compared to West Antarctica, climate change has had little impact on East Antarctica. But this could now be over.
Researchers identify the most likely sources of cosmic neutrinos hitting detectors at the South Pole in a new study.
An international research team has discovered evidence in ice cores from Antarctica and Greenland that points to gigantic volcanic eruptions during the last ice age.
Alison Blake takes office as the new governor in July 2022, 40 years after the liberation of the Falkland Islands.
As luck would have it, the Swiss indie band Hanreti released their music album about an Antarctic expedition on the same day that the discovery of the “Endurance” was announced.
The ancestors of orcas, which today hunt polar animals such as seals, penguins and even whales, only went after fish, an international study shows.
The Endurance22 expedition has achieved the sensation – the team has found the wreck of the “Endurance” after weeks of searching!
Thanks to its special shell surface, the Antarctic scallop manages to remain ice-free even in supercooled water.
A new study of northern elephant seals suggests that the animals have a map sense that allows them to know their position relative to a target location.
Similar to schooling fish and birds, Antarctic krill look to their nearest neighbors for orientation. But there are also striking differences, as a new study shows.
A new study shows that black carbon concentrations in Antarctica are high enough to cause snow to melt faster.
At the suggestion of international bioacoustics experts, a global sound library of sounds from marine and freshwater animals will be created.
A team of European researchers has for the first time been able to detect nanoparticles of plastic in decades-old ice from Greenland and in Antarctic sea ice.
More than 9,000 years ago, an extremely violent solar storm hit Earth – and it did so during a solar minimum, which concerns scientists.
The pandemic almost prevented the eight-man expedition team from returning from the Antarctic Peninsula – rescue came from an expedition tour operator.
The amount of carbon dioxide that is released back into the atmosphere by storms has significance in global climate change, according to a new study.
Blue, fin and other baleen whales take in tens of thousands of liter of water while feeding. A new study explains how they manage not to drown.
The Argentine airline Flybondi has added the southernmost city in the world as a new destination and now operates three times a week between Buenos Aires and Ushuaia.
In early February, the “Endurance22” expedition departs from Cape Town in a renewed attempt to locate and investigate the wreckage of the lost ship.
Complete darkness and a permanent lack of nutrients, such as found in the middle of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, do not keep microorganisms from forming diverse communities.
Mussels, barnacles and other species travel, attached to ship hulls, across all oceans, including Antarctica, and can pose a threat to marine life native to the Southern Ocean.
A fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles will collect important data under and around the fragile glacier in Antarctica over the next two months.
As a result of extreme heat with temperatures of 44°C, hundreds of Magellanic penguins died near Punta Tombo in Argentina in January 2019.
A good five days ahead of schedule, Harpreet Chandi becomes the first woman of color to reach the South Pole in a solo expedition.