Extinct Hunt
As a geologist who studies paleoclimate, Brenda Hall generally uses glaciers to help her reconstruct climate change through history. But the researcher and three members...
Category : The Biological World
Antarctic Mold at East Base
Microbiologists from the University of Minnesota are still learning just how hardy several recently discovered species of molds are as part of an effort to...
Fitting In
A science team surveying benthic communities in McMurdo Sound believes skinny is better when trying to reach remote areas below the sea ice without a...
In the Cold of the Night
So what happens when you turn off the lights in Antarctica? John Priscu and his team of scientists plan to stay in the McMurdo Dry...
Ocean Acidification
A leading expert in ocean acidification from California State University San Marcos, Victoria Fabry is the principal investigator for a team of scientists in Antarctica...
After the Icebergs
A couple of years ago, life at Cape Royds for the world’s most southerly Adélie penguin colony looked dire. But after two successful reproductive seasons,...
Getting Warmer
Soon we may have to call it the Subantarctic Peninsula. Scientists who monitor the ecosystem at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula say a...
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...
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...
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...
