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In a world first, Australian researchers utilized acoustic technology to find, track, and study blue whales near Antarctica. During their seven week voyage the team collected 57 photo identifications, 23 biopsy samples, and tagged two whales.
The thawing could add to global sea level rise.
Episode underscores the value of scientific peer review, outside researchers say.
Antarctica was flat, warm and crisscrossed with rivers before glaciers buzz-sawed its steep valleys.
Robotic rover searches for hazards in the ice.
Sea ice stretches farther north than usual this year.
Past increases in carbon dioxide levels in Antarctica were tied to warming temperatures, suggesting modern greenhouse gas emissions may cause similar warming
See photos collected from nearly three decades of research on Antarctica's frigid seafloor.
The strange creatures that thrive on the bottom of the chilly ocean surrounding Antarctica have been revealed in a comprehensive collection of snapshots and datasets now available online.
2012's ozone hole was the smallest in a decade.
New research shows how Antarctica's bizarre Don Juan Pond stays fluid.
The Super-TIGER mission is collecting cosmic rays from space.
A journalist took a trip to the southernmost part of the world, where scientists study astronomy, biology, climatology and more.
Underwater cameras have revealed the secrets of penguins' Antarctic dives
Penguins use shallow dives to capture fish and a mix of shallow and deeper plunges to forage for krill, according to a new critter-cam that captures their feeding behavior.
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