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Study Finds Record Retreat of Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier

Researchers attribute the collapse to buoyancy-driven calving over a flat ice plain supported by satellite and seismic evidence.

Scientists Date Antarctica’s Oldest Ice and Air to 6 Million Years at Allan Hills

Oldest Directly Dated Ice Found in Antarctica Is 6 Million Years Old

ROV Footage Reveals Geometric Fish Nest Fields on Antarctic Seafloor

Freshening Keeps Southern Ocean a Carbon Sink—for Now, AWI Study Finds