Antarctica

An unexpected river under the Antarctic ice sheet affects the flow and melting of ice.

Lasers light the way to the discovery of ancient crust.

How do coastal ocean currents increase Antarctic ice shelf melt?

Levels of ‘forever chemicals’ reaching the remote continent have been increasing.

A serious threat to the Antarctic.

Previously unmapped reservoirs could speed glaciers, and release carbon.

This is the first study to examine all of these factors over the long term.

It measures around 4320 sq km in size.

Melting ice sheets caused sea levels to rise up to 18 metre.

The discovery of an established community consisting of only sessile, probably filter-feeding, organisms.

A Kiwi research team has, for the first time ever, used a fixed wing aircraft to measure the thickness of a huge area of sea ice in Antarctica.

Covid cases have now been recorded on all seven continents.