LiveScience Topics: Antarctica

More Antarctica News and Information

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  Earth Checkup: 10 Health Status Signs

  A look at how Earth is fairing and what progress has been made to cure its ills.

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  1.5-million-year-old Antarctic Microbe Community Discovered

  Colony of microbes discovered trapped in briny pool under Antarctic glacier.

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  Antarctic Ice Bridge Breaks Up

  A bridge connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Peninsula breaks up.

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  Earth’s Future: Scary Ozone Scenario Thwarted

  Simulation shows what would have been if ozone-eating chemicals hadn't been banned.

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  Warming Impacts Antarctic Food Chain

  Antarctic warming causes phytoplankton decline, with impacts on rest of food chain.

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  New Antarctic Fish Species Discovered

  Researchers find previously unknown species of fish in little explored part of Antarctica Ocean.

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  Odd Life Found in Great Lakes

  Extreme environment-loving life forms found in sinkholes of Lake Huron.

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  Penguins in Peril, Research Shows

  Penguin populations at a wildlife reserve in Argentina have been declining due to overfishing, climate changes and pollution.

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  Antarctic Meltdown Would Flood Washington, D.C.

  Sea level rise around North America higher than expected when previously ignored factors taken into account.

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  Antarctica Is Warming: Climate Picture Clears Up

  New compilation of Antarctic temperatures how that whole continent is warming, not cooling as previously thought.

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  Antarctic Iceberg Scouring

  Divers investigate iceberg scouring on sea floor of Antarctica.

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  Antarctica Has More Species than Galapagos

  An inventory of Antarctic islands animals reveals more known species than in the Galapagos.

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  Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegrates

  Scientists conduct an aerial survey of massive ice field that has broken off Antarctica's Wilkins Ice Shelf.

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  Buried Glaciers Found on Mars

  Orbiter radar reveals glaciers concealed under mid-latitude debris flows on Mars.

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  Living with Penguins

  NSF field scientists learn penguin physiology secrets in Antarctica.

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  Huge Mountain Range Should Not Be There

  Scientists will search for an Antarctic mountain range hidden beneath 2.5 miles of ice.

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  New Thinking on When the Arctic Froze

  Arctic may have gotten ice sooner than previously thought, study suggests.

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  Biggest Melt Comes From Smallest Glaciers

  Greenland's small coastal glaciers actually account for most of ice loss.

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  Ancient Amphibian Had Enormous Teeth

  A prehistoric predator that looked like a big crocodile paddled around Antarctic 240 million years ago.

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  Melting Glaciers Sculpted Mars Gullies

  Glaciation and subsequent snow and ice melt likely carved out Martian gullies.

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  Greenland Glacier Breakup Suggests Imminent Disintegration

  Two new breakups to Greenland glacier could mean major disintegration coming.