Marilyn Perkins
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World’s largest iceberg is getting swept away from Antarctica to its doom, satellite image showsA new satellite image shows that the world's largest iceberg, A-76A, has entered the Drake Passage, a waterway that contains a fast-moving ocean current that will send the mighty berg on a one-way trip to its watery grave.
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Will Antarctica ever be habitable?As global temperatures rise, the ecology of Antarctica is already changing, but Earth's climate would have to change drastically before the continent could support agriculture and permanent settlers.
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Enormous river discovered beneath Antarctica is nearly 300 miles longThe discovery of a river beneath the Antarctic ice reveals that the bottom of the ice sheet may be more susceptible to melt than previously believed.
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Massive Antarctic iceberg was ripped in two by powerful ocean currentsFractures in an Antarctic iceberg were likely caused by rapid changes in the currents that flow through the Southern Ocean.
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Scientists discover 1 million-year-old DNA sample lurking beneath Antarctic seafloorAnalysis of DNA samples collected from beneath the seafloor in Antarctica has revealed that some of the ancient genetic material could be around 1 million years old.
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'Doomsday Glacier' is teetering even closer to disaster than scientists thought, new seafloor map showsA new study has revealed that the Thwaites glacier, also known as the "Doomsday Glacier," could melt away much faster than previously believed.
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Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is hemorrhaging ice faster than in the past 5,500 yearsIce melt from vanishing glaciers in Antarctica could raise sea levels by as much as 11 feet.
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'Factorian Deep,' the new deepest point in Antarctica's Southern Ocean, mapped for the first timeA sprawling new sonar map of Antarctica's Southern Ocean includes the ocean's new deepest point, the 'Factorian Deep,' for the first time.
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Discovery of 'hidden world' under Antarctic ice has scientists 'jumping for joy'Researchers in Antarctica have discovered a hidden ecosystem more than 1,600 feet below the ice, which is filled with shrimplike creatures.
