Discovery reveals large, year-round ozone hole over tropics: ‘New’ ozone hole much…
An ozone hole, seven times larger than the Antarctic ozone hole, is currently sitting over tropical regions and has been since the 1980s, according to a…
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Why NASA Equipped Its Antarctic Balloon Mission With a Massive Mirror
NASA is working to send a telescope up in the stratosphere using a balloon larger than a football field. The space agency has announced that it has equipped…
Antarctic glaciers losing ice at fastest rate for 5,500 years — ScienceDaily
At the current rate of retreat the vast glaciers, which extend deep into the heart of the ice sheet, could contribute as much as 3.4 metres to global sea…
Serious, Salty Trouble Is Brewing Under Antarctic Glaciers
Antarctica’s glaciers are under threat, but not in the way you’re thinking: The problem isn’t so much that the sun’s beating down on them, but that the…
Antarctic fuel-eating microbes may help in plastic clean-up
BUENOS AIRES, February 4
A team of Argentine scientists is using microorganisms native to Antarctica to…
Scientists find unexpected trove of life forms beneath Antarctic ice shelf
A team of researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany has discovered a whopping 77 seafloor-dwelling species beneath an Antarctica ice shelf…
Antarctic ozone hole 13th largest on record
New Delhi, October 28
The 2021 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum area on October 7 and is now the…
Satellite images reveal ice shelf protecting Antarctic glacier is on the verge of collapse-…
The Associated PressJun 14, 2021 14:22:25 ISTA critical Antarctic glacier is looking more vulnerable as satellite images show the ice shelf that blocks it…
Ice shelf protecting Antarctic glacier is breaking up faster
Washington, June 12
A critical Antarctic glacier is looking more vulnerable as satellite images show the…
Antarctic ice sheet retreat could trigger chain reaction
The Antarctic ice sheet was even more unstable in the past than previously thought, and at times possibly came close to collapse, new research suggests.
The…