Life in the Cold and Dark
Alison Murray studies tiny critters with a potentially big role in the marine ecosystem of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. She is interested in how...
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Breaking Up
The spectacular disintegration of a large chunk of the Wilkins Ice Shelf off the Antarctic Peninsula in March may be part of an accelerating pattern...
Taking The Plunge
The search for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa will begin in an ice-covered lake in Antarctica, where scientists and engineers will test an autonomous robot...
Going Beyond the Movies
A new online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, provides a one-stop site of resources specifically designed for teachers of grades K-5. The NSF-funded site...
The hotspot
A team of scientists discovered three years ago that icebergs are hotspots of biological activity. The researchers are returning to the Weddell Sea to further...
The whole picture
A decade after using an Earth-observing satellite to image Antarctica to create the first high-resolution mosaic of the continent, Ken Jezek hopes the world’s space...
Persistent chemical
More than three decades after much of the world banned or restricted its use, the pesticide known as DDT is still showing up at consistent...
Complexities of climate change
Climate change remains a complex issue. It’s not as simple as turning up the heat by burning fossil fuels. Many scientists at Byrd Polar Research...
Moving experience
In Antarctica, where the weight of its mighty ice sheets have squashed the earth’s crust below, Terry Wilson and an international team of scientists are...
