When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...
Temperature records from measurements of oxygen isotopes in the ice reveal that this area experienced a gradual, long-term ...
Antarctica, and the treaty that protects it, have been in the news of late – but for all the wrong reasons, argues Professor ...
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has continued to accelerate, increasing by a record amount last year. Trees, plants and tiny plankton in the ocean all convert CO2 into the oxygen we ...
Rain in Antarctica isn’t just a sign of climate change. It’s also part of a feedback loop that accelerates global warming. Climate change is bringing a new threat to penguins that live on the ...
A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there impacts the world well beyond the coast — influencing weather patterns and food ...
Antarctica faces abrupt and irreversible changes impacting ice sheets, oceans, and ecosystems. Scientists warn of global ...
Antarctica is famously an icy wasteland in the modern day, but far in the past, dinosaurs once roamed a very different, ...