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Earth's Oldest Meteorite Collection Just Found in the Driest Place on the Planet

May 24, 2019 | Article

Researchers scouring the desert for space rocks found the oldest collection of meteorites on Earth.
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Nearly 25% of West Antarctic Ice in Danger of Collapse

May 21, 2019 | Article

Decades of climate change have severely weakened 24% of western Antarctica's ice.
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This Antarctic Meteorite Holds a Tiny Speck of Stardust That's Older Than the Solar System

April 30, 2019 | Article

This speck of primeval stardust may hold clues about the origin of the solar system.
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Mystery Sea Opened Up During the Antarctic Winter. Now, Scientists Know Why.

April 30, 2019 | Article

In 2017, the open sea grew nearly 100 times its size in just a month.
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Why Do All the Babies in This Massive Penguin Colony Keep Drowning?

April 28, 2019 | Article

The second-largest emperor penguin colony in the world appears to be collapsing, after rough seas drowned all of its babies three winters in a row.
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Here's What Happens When You Put Giant Sea Spiders into Boot Camp

April 12, 2019 | Article

The realization that giant sea spiders have Swiss cheese-like holes in their exoskeletons has shed light on a decades-old mystery about how underwater creatures living in the polar oceans and deep abysses got so spookily huge.
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The Oldest Ice on Earth May Be Hiding 1.5 Miles Beneath Antarctica

April 09, 2019 | Article

European scientists looking for some of the oldest ice on the planet have homed in on a particular spot in Antarctica.
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Flat-Earthers' Cruise Will Sail to Antarctica 'Ice Wall' at the Planet's Edge. Right.

March 22, 2019 | Article

A flat-Earthers conference promises a cruise to Antarctica.
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Antarctica's Bizarre Green Icebergs Are More Than a Quirk of the Southern Ocean

March 09, 2019 | Article

Scientists think they know why some icebergs are emerald.
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Scientists Pin Down Cause of Mysterious 'Icequakes' Shaking Antarctica

March 05, 2019 | Article

Slushy spots in Antarctica quiver with minuscule tremors as the temperature fluctuates.
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