Cleanest Air in the World
Once a week at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) South Pole research site, Station Chief Jason Seifert or technician Glen Kinoshita walk into...
Category : Oceans and Atmosphere
Going to the Edge
Scientist Bob Bindschadler will journey to one of the harshest parts of Antarctica to study how the ocean interacts with ice at the continent’s perimeter...
Finding the Balance
A two-month science cruise aboard the Research Vessel Icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer called Sea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic (SIMBA) set out in September...
The Score on Sea Ice
Antarctic sea ice remains relatively healthy while the sea ice in the Arctic continues a precipitous decline in overall volume, according to the latest report...
A new model
Antarctica is a tough place to predict the weather. A new forecasting model used around the world may help forecasters improve their predictions, which are...
Ozone Hole
The early summer season flights arrived in McMurdo later than normal to help the U.S. Antarctic Program save money in a tight fiscal environment. For...
Going With the Flow
A team of oceanographers will spend more than three weeks in the infamously rough Drake Passage to learn more about the world’s largest ocean current,...
Shifting Winds
Natural releases of carbon dioxide from the Southern Ocean due to shifting wind patterns could have amplified global warming at the end of the last...
Pulse on Polynyas
Polynyas, areas of open water in sea ice, play an important role in global ocean circulation and heat exchange in the atmosphere. A team of...
Pine Island Glacier
Nearly a third of the ice in West Antarctica drains through the Pine Island Glacier area. Were it to all pour out in a catastrophic...
