Researchers have discovered a formerly undetected impact of space weather on the polar atmosphere, which may explain some previously unexplained variations in winter weather patterns. Their results, published today (Tuesday ...
Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2014
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On a November evening, with the spring sun in northern Antarctica slowly setting about 11 p.m., the view from the top of the Marr Ice Piedmont - a glacier nearly 40 miles long by 20 miles wide - was all ice and sky. ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2010
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To understand the effects of environmental changes on seabird populations, long-term studies are essential but rare. Biologists from Germany, Poland and Argentina have compiled data on the population dynamics and breeding ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2023
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Officials with the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) and Antarctica New Zealand have jointly decided to recall search-and-rescue teams from the site of an Antarctic aircraft crash after examination of the plane indicated that ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 29, 2013
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Scientists based in Antarctica welcomed the winter solstice by plunging into icy waters Thursday as part of a "mad tradition" heralding the return of brighter days after weeks of darkness.
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2018
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A team of researchers led by professor Deborah Steinberg of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science has returned to Antarctica for their annual 6-week field season aboard the research vessel Laurence M. Gould.
Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2011
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(AP) -- New Zealand's favorite penguin visitor is more lively and eating fish after undergoing endoscopic surgery Monday to remove some of the beach sand and twigs it swallowed, apparently mistaking it for snow.
Plants & Animals
Jun 27, 2011
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Everything on our planet—the land, the water, the air, people—is connected by the various chemical, physical and biological processes that make up what we call the Earth system.
Earth Sciences
Apr 22, 2021
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Russia's Vostok station in Antarctica must be one of the scariest places on Earth.
Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2013
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Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes on Sunday said his bid for the world's first Antarctic winter crossing, with no option of rescue, was a trip into the unknown despite his multiple record expeditions.
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2013
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