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Iron from Glacial Meltwater Could Supercharge Phytoplankton Growth. What Would That Mean for the...
Scientific American· 1 day agoRachel Feltman: Antarctica is the largest, coldest desert on the planet, with snowfall dropping less...
Antarctic home - hard, expensive and bad for your health
Cosmos· 4 days agoOn October 25, 1991, I made my first trip to the US’s Antarctic Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station....
University of Alabama professor plays key role in study of 'Doomsday Glacier'
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAlabama's coastline was very different and extended far into what is now the Gulf of Mexico...we...
What is the world's largest desert? Hint: it's not hot or covered in sand.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe...world? The largest desert in the world is also a continent: Antarctica. It covers approximately 5.5 million square miles, ...The polar desert also boasts the lowest ...
Hot Tub of Despair: The deadly ocean pool that traps and pickles creatures that fall in
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThis stagnant brine pool at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is so toxic it kills and embalms any...
A Wild Plan to Avert Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise
The Atlantic· 3 days agoThis was a NASA mission. Bayou appointed himself our Neil Armstrong. In the ensuing days, we were scheduled to set up four identical sites in a long...
Is there really a huge subsurface lake near Mars' south pole?
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHowever, planetary scientists have to be wary of assuming that what is true for Earth is true for...