Thwaites Glacier – Past
Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is melting because of climate change, and if it collapses completely, could add about two feet to global sea level. Glaciologists...
The Reality and Revisioning of Antarctica
Antarctica is often thought of as a wilderness, both by people who have never been to the continent and people who have worked and lived...
Thwaites Glacier – Present
Thwaites Glacier is melting fast because of climate change, causing sea levels to rise the world over. Of all the world’s glaciers, it’s the one...
Podcast: The South Pole Traverse
In Antarctica, scientists conduct cutting edge research on a harsh and barren continent. It’s no easy task, but to help make it happen, the U.S....
Thwaites Glacier – Future
The massive Thwaites Glacier on the coast of West Antarctica is falling to pieces because of climate change. Shifting ocean currents are bringing warm sea...
Hacking Science with Microscopic Photography
Ariel Waldman is a true renaissance woman. As an artist, author, innovation advisor, and scientist (often all at the same time) she built a career...
Southern Ocean Sea Ice Cover Has Gradually Grown Over Past 10,000 Years
Salt levels in an ice core drilled at the South Pole are telling scientists what Antarctic sea ice conditions were like in ages past, information...
Podcast: Fuels
In Antarctica, scientists conduct cutting edge research on a harsh and barren continent. It’s no easy task, but to help make it happen the U.S....
Ice core tells 11,000-year history of explosive volcanic eruptions
An ice core from West Antarctica is giving scientists insight into some intriguing climate anomalies of ages past and deepening the mystery of a volcanic...
When Women Reached the Ice
In 1969, Lois M. Jones and her science team made history as the first all-female research team to work for the US Antarctic Program. They...
