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'2023 just blew everything off the charts': Antarctic sea ice hits troubling low for third consecutive year
By Ben Turner published
Sea 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.
Zoom through a 'spectacular' chain of ancient underwater volcanoes on Antarctic ocean floor
By Sascha Pare published
A 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.
World's biggest iceberg 3 times the size of New York City is finally escaping Antarctica after being trapped for almost 40 years
By Harry Baker published
The gigantic iceberg A23a, which broke off from Antarctica in 1986, is finally moving away from the icy continent after being stuck on the seafloor for decades.
Collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet is 'unavoidable,' study finds
By Sascha Pare published
British Antarctic Survey researchers have found that the rate at which ice is melting and contributing to sea level rise will accelerate in the next century, regardless of actions to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
'Ghost' of ancient river-carved landscape discovered beneath Antarctica
By Sascha Pare published
Satellite data have revealed an ancient landscape that may have escaped erosion and been preserved beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet since the continent froze over 34 million years ago.
45-mile-long iceberg slams into penguin refuge in Antarctica, almost causing ecological disaster
By Harry Baker published
Hefty iceberg D-30A has collided with Clarence Island — an important refuge for breeding penguins in Antarctica. But luckily, the penguins weren't at home when the berg struck.
Russian scientists have grown watermelons in the coldest place on Earth
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Scientists in Antarctica did the unimaginable: They grew a bounty of watermelons while living on the ice-cold continent.
Antarctic sea ice reached 'record-smashing low' last month
By Sascha Pare published
The extent of sea ice in Antarctica has shrunk compared with the long-term average for this time of year between 1981 and 2010 by an area four times the size of Texas.
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