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The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet

Pranjal Malewar

New map of landscape beneath Antarctica.

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Antarctic ice sheet rocks reveal surprising past

Pranjal Malewar

This unexpected find shows that glaciers in the region were able to regrow following earlier shrinkage.

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How do penguins become oceanic birds?

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More than 60 million years of evolutionary history reveal how penguins became oceanic birds.

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