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Mantle Waves Raised East Antarctica and Allowed a Lasting Ice Sheet to Form

A Science paper shows slow, deep tectonic uplift pushed much of eastern Antarctica above the roughly 1.5–2 km elevation needed for year‑round glaciers to persist about 34 million years ago.

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Forgotten 1985 Fossil Confirmed as Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Bone

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Museum Specimen Identified as First Confirmed Dinosaur Bone From Antarctica

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

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Scientists Map Vast Fan-Shaped Basin Province Under East Antarctica

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Scientists Map East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province Under Ice

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2mo ago

Genomic Study Finds Four Gentoo Penguin Species, Including a Newly Identified Kerguelen Lineage

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Antarctic Treaty Talks Open in Hiroshima Focused on Penguins and Tourism

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IUCN Lists Emperor Penguin as Endangered Over Antarctic Sea-Ice Loss

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Tasman Gateway Winds, Not Gateways Alone, Drove the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

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5mo ago

Study Warns Choices This Decade Could Set Antarctic Peninsula on Irreversible Ice-Loss Path

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Argentina Touts Petrel Runway Progress as Antarctic Air Access Expands

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Emissions Path Will Dictate Antarctic Peninsula’s Fate, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

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Germany Steps Up H5N1 Response as Thuringia Farm Culls 10,500 Turkeys

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Deep Mantle Flow Built Antarctica’s Extreme Gravity Low, Which Intensified 50–30 Million Years Ago

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Asisi’s 360-Degree ‘Antarktis’ Panorama Premieres Jan. 24 at Leipzig’s Panometer

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6mo ago

New High-Detail Map Reveals Hidden Rivers and Ridges Beneath Antarctica

Antarctica

Mantle Waves Raised East Antarctica and Allowed a Lasting Ice Sheet to Form

Forgotten 1985 Fossil Confirmed as Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Bone

Museum Specimen Identified as First Confirmed Dinosaur Bone From Antarctica

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

Scientists Map Vast Fan-Shaped Basin Province Under East Antarctica

Scientists Map East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province Under Ice

Genomic Study Finds Four Gentoo Penguin Species, Including a Newly Identified Kerguelen Lineage

Antarctic Treaty Talks Open in Hiroshima Focused on Penguins and Tourism

IUCN Lists Emperor Penguin as Endangered Over Antarctic Sea-Ice Loss

Tasman Gateway Winds, Not Gateways Alone, Drove the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

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Study Warns Choices This Decade Could Set Antarctic Peninsula on Irreversible Ice-Loss Path

Argentina Touts Petrel Runway Progress as Antarctic Air Access Expands

Emissions Path Will Dictate Antarctic Peninsula’s Fate, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Germany Steps Up H5N1 Response as Thuringia Farm Culls 10,500 Turkeys

Deep Mantle Flow Built Antarctica’s Extreme Gravity Low, Which Intensified 50–30 Million Years Ago

Scientists Recover Record 228-Meter Sub-Ice Sediment Core in West Antarctica

Antarctic ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse Set for Feb. 17, With Peak Around 12:11 UTC

Josefina Castellví, First Woman to Lead an Antarctic Base, Dies at 90

Asisi’s 360-Degree ‘Antarktis’ Panorama Premieres Jan. 24 at Leipzig’s Panometer

New High-Detail Map Reveals Hidden Rivers and Ridges Beneath Antarctica

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