Antarctica

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NISAR Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ Pattern of Crevasses Around Antarctic Nunatak

Released in July 2026, the polarized L‑band image maps surface versus volume scattering to expose crevasses and hidden ice structure that will help track glacier change

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RCGS and WHOI Launch Deep-Sea Survey to Create 3-D Models of Shackleton’s Quest and Scott’s Terra Nova

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Vast Winter Sea Ice Missing Off West Antarctica, Raising Threat to Thwaites Ice Shelf

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Antarctic Study Finds Long Isolation Raises Loneliness, Mistrust and Mild Paranoia

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2mo ago

Scientists Warn Thwaites Glacier’s Eastern Ice Shelf Is About to Detach

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2mo ago

Hidden Under-Ice Channels Drive Rapid Melting on East Antarctic Shelf, Study Finds

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2mo ago

Polarstern Returns From 183-Day Antarctic Mission With New Data and a New Island

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2mo ago

Two New Studies Show Ocean Heat Is Supercharging Antarctic Ice Loss

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2mo ago

Warm Deep-Ocean Water Is Shifting Toward Antarctica, First Observations Show

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3mo ago

Antarctica’s A-23A Megaberg Disintegrates After Nearly 40 Years

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3mo ago

IUCN Elevates Emperor Penguin to Strongly Endangered as Antarctic Ice Retreats

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3mo ago

Argentina’s Icebreaker Irízar Returns to Buenos Aires, Ending 122nd Antarctic Campaign

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3mo ago

Aker Accuses Activists of Ramming Krill Trawler in Antarctica as Paul Watson Group Defends Tactic

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4mo ago

Antarctic Megaberg A23a Enters Final Weeks as Fragments Melt in the South Atlantic

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4mo ago

New Antarctic Grounding-Line Record Finds 12,820 km² Ice Loss as West Antarctic Glaciers Retreat

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4mo ago

Antarctic Grounding Line Has Lost About 13,000 Square Kilometers Since 1992, Study Finds

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4mo ago

30-Year Map Finds 12,800 km² of Antarctic Grounded Ice Lost as 77% of Coastline Holds

Antarctica

NISAR Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ Pattern of Crevasses Around Antarctic Nunatak

RCGS and WHOI Launch Deep-Sea Survey to Create 3-D Models of Shackleton’s Quest and Scott’s Terra Nova

Vast Winter Sea Ice Missing Off West Antarctica, Raising Threat to Thwaites Ice Shelf

Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf Poised to Break Off in 2026

Antarctic Ice Became Far More Sensitive After Mid‑Pleistocene Shift

Neumayer Station Loses Seven Containers as Storm‑Calved Iceberg Breaks Up

Antarctic Study Finds Long Isolation Raises Loneliness, Mistrust and Mild Paranoia

Scientists Warn Thwaites Glacier’s Eastern Ice Shelf Is About to Detach

Hidden Under-Ice Channels Drive Rapid Melting on East Antarctic Shelf, Study Finds

Polarstern Returns From 183-Day Antarctic Mission With New Data and a New Island

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Antarctica

Two New Studies Show Ocean Heat Is Supercharging Antarctic Ice Loss

Warm Deep-Ocean Water Is Shifting Toward Antarctica, First Observations Show

Antarctica’s A-23A Megaberg Disintegrates After Nearly 40 Years

IUCN Elevates Emperor Penguin to Strongly Endangered as Antarctic Ice Retreats

Argentina’s Icebreaker Irízar Returns to Buenos Aires, Ending 122nd Antarctic Campaign

Aker Accuses Activists of Ramming Krill Trawler in Antarctica as Paul Watson Group Defends Tactic

Antarctic Megaberg A23a Enters Final Weeks as Fragments Melt in the South Atlantic

New Antarctic Grounding-Line Record Finds 12,820 km² Ice Loss as West Antarctic Glaciers Retreat

Antarctic Grounding Line Has Lost About 13,000 Square Kilometers Since 1992, Study Finds

30-Year Map Finds 12,800 km² of Antarctic Grounded Ice Lost as 77% of Coastline Holds

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