Antarctica
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![A-74 recently brushed by the Brunt Ice Shelf, which it split from last February.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hGk5a2wt2gTrcvX2vE7uaU-320-80.gif)
Massive iceberg narrowly avoided collision with Antarctic ice shelf
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
A-74 nearly collided with the ice shelf it split from last February. Such a strong impact may have released an even larger iceberg.
![Antarctica's Twaites Glacier, climate change, ice melt](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fMLCNnHPY3BFR4weEeK7Mf-320-80.jpg)
Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is fighting an invisible battle against the inner Earth, new study finds
By Brandon Specktor published
Researchers studied geothermal heat flow below West Antarctica, and found that the infamous Thwaites Glacier is being disproportionately cooked from below.
![Changes in the ice surface of the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica reveal the rapid draining of a lake deep below in 2019.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dxJmeXUUH4BT9QBgeDW8AM-320-80.jpg)
NASA uncovers hidden system of mysteriously draining lakes under Antarctica
By Stephanie Pappas published
NASA scientists have mapped the dynamic, ever-shifting lakes beneath Antarctica in more detail than ever before.
![The field location including the tents and labs set up at Subglacial Lake Whillans, in Antarctica.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zMyXBJaffprPdUFWaXD9sC-320-80.jpg)
Microbes that feast on crushed rocks thrive in Antarctica's ice-covered lakes
By Harry Baker published
Scientists have discovered how subglacial lakes are able to support diverse microbial communities by replicating natural erosion of lake sediments in a lab.
![Gentoo and chinstrap penguins hang out on an iceberg Western Antarctic.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tnbKVnEb5HLQECYF4tBh26-320-80.jpg)
Antarctica was likely discovered 1,100 years before Westerners 'found' it
By Laura Geggel published
An analysis of Māori oral traditions and artwork suggests that they found Antarctica before the Europeans did.
![The humongous chunk of ice calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bTx7k2RS2FhzTj2Q2Pbu3F-320-80.jpg)
World's largest iceberg breaks off of Antarctica
By Ben Turner published
Scientists will continue to closely monitor the iceberg, which could pose a risk to penguin breeding grounds on nearby islands.
![The expedition ship M/S Explorer inches up to the edge of Iceberg A-68a with a humpback whale breaching the surface in the Weddell Sea.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bwj7MQxPHPPA3tJuMQYdsJ-320-80.jpg)
Enormous Antarctic iceberg that became an internet star finally melts away
By Stephanie Pappas published
Iceberg A68, an enormous hunk of ice that broke off Antarctica in 2017, has finally melted away to nothing in the Atlantic.
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