Antarctica
Antarctica’s ice shelves may be melting at an accelerated rate
How do coastal ocean currents increase Antarctic ice shelf melt?
A New Antarctica study shows that levels of toxic chemicals increased markedly
Levels of ‘forever chemicals’ reaching the remote continent have been increasing.
Giant groundwater system discovered in sediments below Antarctic ice
Previously unmapped reservoirs could speed glaciers, and release carbon.
Scientists identified the biggest threats to the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula
This is the first study to examine all of these factors over the long term.
World’s largest fishing colony discovered in Antarctica
The most spatially extensive contiguous fish breeding colony discovered worldwide to date.
Previous ice loss events caused sea levels to rise around 3.6 meters per century
Melting ice sheets caused sea levels to rise up to 18 metre.
Scientists discovered strange creatures far beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves
The discovery of an established community consisting of only sessile, probably filter-feeding, organisms.
Understanding sea ice processes in a region of Antarctica
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.
Coronavirus has landed in the last continent previously free from Covid-19
Covid cases have now been recorded on all seven continents.
Warm, moist rivers of air help create massive holes in Antarctic sea ice
Warm, moist rivers of air may have continent-wide effects and influence climate change.