Ask people to name the coldest country in the world, and the answer almost instinctively given is Antarctica. The confusion is understandable. Antarctica holds the record for the lowest temperature ...
Cameron Mofid visited all 195 countries, but says nothing prepared him for Antarctica's scale.
Researchers warn Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes that could trigger global consequences. Melting ice, collapsing ice shelves, and disrupted ocean circulation threaten sea levels, ecosystems, ...
A new frontier and an old treaty ...
Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, ...
An article published recently in Nature Geoscience warns that Antarctica's ice masses have begun to experience a process scientists call "Greenlandification." The term refers to the unprecedented ...
A little-known ocean current surrounds Antarctica, shielding it from warm water further north. But our new research shows Antarctica’s melting ice is disrupting this current, putting the continent’s ...
How much do you really know about the coldest place in the world? Expand your knowledge of Antarctica with these surprising facts. Ah, Antarctica. Cold, windy, covered in ice and, um, did we mention ...
Mining is banned on the frozen continent. But new research suggests that could change as ice melts and land and valuable minerals are exposed. By Eric Niiler Prospectors are scouring the Pacific Ocean ...
SHANGHAI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- China's polar icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, returned to Shanghai in east China on ...
As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the ...
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