news Oceans and AtmospherePulse on PolynyasTheWorldsNewsFebruary 21, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsFebruary 21, 20230 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...
news The Biological WorldExploring BonneyTheWorldsNewsFebruary 21, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsFebruary 21, 20230 A robot that may one day explore distant worlds made its first successful foray into an ice-covered lake in Antarctica last year....
news The Biological WorldSCINI in the SoundTheWorldsNewsFebruary 21, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsFebruary 21, 20230 It seemed unlikely too many marine organisms could make a living under the dark shadow of an ice shelf, with the ice some 200 meters...
Ice and Snow newsSea Level Rise RevisedTheWorldsNewsFebruary 20, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsFebruary 20, 20230 A new study in the journal Science challenges the long-held idea that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would raise sea level by as much as...
Earth newsAntarctic Bird Nest?TheWorldsNewsFebruary 20, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsFebruary 20, 20230 The previous discovery of a new bird species related to ducks and geese on an island off the Antarctic Peninsula has encouraged scientists to look...
Earth newsThe Poop on PenguinsTheWorldsNewsFebruary 20, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsFebruary 20, 20230 Penguin guano stains, visible from space, have helped British scientists locate emperor penguin breeding colonies in Antarctica. For the survey, the researchers used satellite images...
Ice and Snow newsSnowball EarthTheWorldsNewsFebruary 20, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsFebruary 20, 20230 Stephen Warren has made eight previous trips to Antarctica to study its climate. But on his ninth visit to the frozen continent later this year,...
Ice and Snow newsBalancing ActTheWorldsNewsFebruary 19, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsFebruary 19, 20230 Ian Joughin and his team have a tough job ahead of them: Determine how much ice from a vast swath of West Antarctica is being...
Ice and Snow news Oceans and AtmospherePine Island GlacierTheWorldsNewsFebruary 19, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsFebruary 19, 20230 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...
news The Biological WorldFeeling the HeatTheWorldsNewsFebruary 19, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsFebruary 19, 20230 The fish that swim in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica have evolved over millions of years to survive and thrive in salty ocean water that...