Antarctic research has long been hamstrung by reliance on one icebreaker and sporadic funding. That might be about to change
A parliamentary report has called on for a second icebreaking vessel and more reliable funding for Antarctic research.
Antarctic midge survives extreme cold with unique dormancy strategies
Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native ...
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Model of Antarctica's water enhances sea level forecasts
Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The team modeled Antarctica's ...
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Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat
When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...
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Antartica’s only native insect may help humans survive deep space travel
The "unique" way Antarctica’s only native insect survives the extreme cold could help humans travel deep into space, ...
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BGSU researchers headed to Antarctica to study continent’s volcanoes
A team of scientists from Bowling Green State University are currently en route to Antarctica in search of groundbreaking new data that could play a key role in the future of climate research.
I'm doing 20 Prides on 7 continents — this ski resort does things differently
The plan is to spend 2025 exploring how the LGBT+ community is celebrated around the world: 12 months, 7 continents, 20 ...