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Global warming threatens Antarctica’s meteorites
Washington Post· 21 hours agoThe continent is home to Earth’s largest concentration of the objects from outer space.
Ozone hole: Why Antarctic wildlife is being 'sunburnt’
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA hole appears in the ozone layer above Antarctica every year [Getty Images] For Antarctic wildlife,...
Watch hundreds of emperor penguin chicks hurl themselves off a 50-foot cliff in unprecedented...
LiveScience· 6 days agoEmperor penguin chicks have been recorded hurling themselves from a 50-foot (15 meters) cliff in ...
One of Earth's most active volcanoes spews $6,000 in gold dust every day
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, and one of only two in Antarctica. Its...
'We were in disbelief': Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before. Can it recover?
LiveScience· 6 days agoLook out over Antarctica in the summer, and time seems frozen. The South Pole's midnight sun appears...
Calgary teacher selected for National Geographic trip to Antarctica
CBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThis fall, while his peers are focusing on getting students through the last part of the semester...
Russia Ukraine War
The Herald Journal· 13 hours agoPedestrians are reflected in a coffee bar window as customers have drinks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
In 1898, the first scientific expedition to the Antarctic nearly ended in disaster, here's what it...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn 1898, the crew of the first scientific expedition to Antarctica became trapped inside sea ice...
Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV
The Conversation· 3 days agoOver the last 25 years, the ozone hole which forming over Antarctica each spring has started to shrink. This is early summer – the crucial period of new plant growth in coastal ...
Man "staggered" as lost card found on Antarctic seafloor 2,400 miles away
Newsweek· 3 days agoA man has been reunited with a security card he lost 21 years ago after it was discovered 2,400...