Marilyn Perkins
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Never-before-seen shapes up to 1,300 feet long discovered beneath Antarctic iceThe unusual patterns, found beneath West Antarctica's Doston Ice Shelf, could help scientists to better understand how glaciers erode.
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Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice"There was this gigantic river system": Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice.
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Blood Falls: Antarctica's crimson waterfall forged from an ancient hidden heartIron-rich waters buried beneath Taylor Glacier in East Antarctica are sporadically released in what looks like a bloody mess — but the so-called Blood Falls aren't as gruesome as they first appear and sound.
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Antarctic ice hole the size of Switzerland keeps cracking open. Now scientists finally know why.The Maud Rise polynya has been sporadically opening up in Antarctica's ice since at least the 1970s. Now climatologists finally know why.
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'We were in disbelief': Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before. Can it recover?Feature Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back.
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Hundreds of emperor penguin chicks spotted plunging off a 50-foot cliff in 1st-of-its-kind footageThe fledglings are typically reared on floating platforms of sea ice, but an unprecedented decline in the ice extent has driven young onto cliffs.
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'Unprecedented,' 'Gobsmacked', 'Unbelievable': Changes in Antarctica's sea ice could have dramatic impacts, says climate scientist Edward DoddridgeIn 1898, the crew of the first scientific expedition to Antarctica became trapped inside sea ice around the southernmost continent. Much of that once thick ice is dwindling, says polar researcher Edward Doddridge.
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'2023 just blew everything off the charts': Antarctic sea ice hits troubling low for third consecutive yearSea ice extent in Antarctica is vital for keeping ice on the continent and sea levels low. But its dwindling extent could mean the continent has shifted to a new regime, with global ramifications.
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Zoom through a 'spectacular' chain of ancient underwater volcanoes on Antarctic ocean floorA research expedition in the Southern Ocean has mapped a string of seamounts that help to shape the Antarctic Circumpolar Current — an ocean current that flows clockwise around Antarctica.
