Batagaika – Gateway to the Underworld
Known to the locals as the “gateway to the underworld”, “Batagaika” is the biggest result of permafrost thawing on the planet.
New garage for Belgian Antarctic station
Before the closure of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station for winter, the construction of the new garage was finished.
Depth of the Antarctic Ocean and climate changed synchronously
Experts have reconstructed the depth of the Southern Ocean at key phases in the last 34 million years of the Antarctic’s climate history
Canada’s last Arctic ice shelf collapses
Canada’s last intact ice shelf has collapsed and released a huge block of ice into the Arctic Ocean.
New emperor penguin colonies discovered from space
Eleven additional colonies of emperor penguins were discovered by British researchers using Sentinel2 images from space.
Ice sheets once covered Mars
A comprehensive new study shows that ice sheets once covered Mars and shaped the characteristic valleys.
