Antarctica

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British explorers Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer Childs are on an 80-day trek across Antarctica. Here, a penguin waddles on drift ice in the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea.

NASA is tracking two explorers across Antarctica to prepare humans for Mars

By Ben Turner published

NASA is tracking two explorers on a 2,268-mile (3,650 kilometers) journey across Antarctica to learn more about humanity's ability to survive on Mars.

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An illustration of Antarctica, separated from the other continents.

When did Antarctica become a continent?

By Stacy Kish published

Here's when Antarctica broke free of an ancient supercontinent.

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The 2021 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum area on Oct. 7 and ranks as the 13th-largest such feature since 1979.

See how the huge ozone hole over Antarctica has grown in 2021 in this NASA video

By Elizabeth Howell published

A new NASA video highlights the giant ozone hole that opened over the Antarctic this year.

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Shackleton recolored. The Endurance.

These retouched photos of Shackleton's 1914 expedition look like they were taken yesterday

By Stephanie Pappas published

Multimedia artist Stuart Humphryes has retouched photographs from the famous Shackleton expedition to Antarctica, updating their color to modern brilliance.

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Filming creatures in their natural environment can yield valuable information on their interactions with other organisms.

Underwater views of Antarctic jellies are 'a magic portal to another world'

By Mindy Weisberger published

The short film "Life Beneath the Ice" features delicate, illuminated marine creatures living under the sea ice in Antarctica.

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A-74 recently brushed by the Brunt Ice Shelf, which it split from last February.

Massive iceberg narrowly avoided collision with Antarctic ice shelf

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

A-74 nearly collided with the ice shelf it split from last February. Such a strong impact may have released an even larger iceberg.

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Antarctica's Twaites Glacier, climate change, ice melt

Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is fighting an invisible battle against the inner Earth, new study finds

By Brandon Specktor published

Researchers studied geothermal heat flow below West Antarctica, and found that the infamous Thwaites Glacier is being disproportionately cooked from below.

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Changes in the ice surface of the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica reveal the rapid draining of a lake deep below in 2019.

NASA uncovers hidden system of mysteriously draining lakes under Antarctica

By Stephanie Pappas published

NASA scientists have mapped the dynamic, ever-shifting lakes beneath Antarctica in more detail than ever before.

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The field location including the tents and labs set up at Subglacial Lake Whillans, in Antarctica.

Microbes that feast on crushed rocks thrive in Antarctica's ice-covered lakes

By Harry Baker published

Scientists have discovered how subglacial lakes are able to support diverse microbial communities by replicating natural erosion of lake sediments in a lab.

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Gentoo and chinstrap penguins hang out on an iceberg Western Antarctic.

Antarctica was likely discovered 1,100 years before Westerners 'found' it

By Laura Geggel published

An analysis of Māori oral traditions and artwork suggests that they found Antarctica before the Europeans did.

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