Polar research icebreakers Xuelong 2 and Xuelong traverse sea ice during the 42nd Antarctic expedition on Dec 5. The two vessels arrived at the designated operation area that day and jointly conducted ...
When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, except through the haziness of humid air. But when it comes to melting ice ...
The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they head there with scientists trying to ...
The New York Times is on an expedition to study Antarctica’s fastest-thinning glaciers. CreditCredit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times For much of January and February, Raymond Zhong, a New York Times ...
Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning both hemispheres of the globe. The Western Hemisphere sector of the ...
At COP30 in Brazil, Australian Antarctic scientists warned that Antarctica is entering abrupt, irreversible climate changes. This is as warming nears 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above ...
A rogue robotic oceanographic instrument that drifted away from the Totten Glacier accidentally collected data on one of Antarctica’s most inaccessible regions, offering researchers an unexpected ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning ...
Christine Siddoway received funding from the U.S. Science Support Program for IODP, and the National Science Foundation (grants 1939146 and 1917176, OPP Antarctic Earth Sciences) to support this ...
Before a space telescope ever reaches orbit, and long after satellites are up there, NASA has another way to do frontier science: high-altitude scientific balloons. These balloons can loft instruments ...
Claims of a massive pyramid buried beneath Antarctic ice have circulated for years, fueled by satellite images, fiction, and online speculation. Geological analysis shows the structure is a naturally ...