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Scoping out the seal mating scene
Science / The Biological World
Monday September 20, 2021
Biologists have been observing how male Weddell seals secure prime locations when courting females to learn more about the southernmost mammal's mysterious breeding behavior....

Meet the Penguin Misfits
Science / The Biological World
Tuesday September 07, 2021
Looks are important for Adelie penguins, but they may not be as critical for breeding as biologists previously thought. New research shows Adelie penguins with unusual coloring still manage to breed successfully,...

Coldest, Driest, Saltiest Antarctic Soils Might Be Inhospitable To Life
Science / The Biological World
Monday August 23, 2021
Some Antarctic soils might be the only environments on Earth microbes can't colonize, a finding that goes against scientists' expectations of our planet's habitability....

Warm Ocean Water is Eroding Thwaites Ice Shelf From Below
Science / Ice and Snow
Monday August 09, 2021
Scientists got their first glimpse at the ocean conditions surrounding the Thwaites Ice Shelf in 2019, and recently published results are worrisome for the rapidly melting ice shelf and the glacier behind...

Tapping Erebus's Power
Science / Earth
Monday July 26, 2021
The heat given off by Antarctica's Mount Erebus could help power instruments monitoring the volcano, giving scientists a way to study Erebus's lava lake during the long polar night for the first...

Radar Satellites Spot Dangerous Crevasses Humans Can't See
Science / Ice and Snow
Monday July 12, 2021
Antarctic researchers and support staff can now more easily find and avoid dangerous crevasses on long traverses carrying supplies to remote camps and stations, thanks to the help of a German radar...

The dark band in this section of the WAIS Divide ice core is a layer of volcanic ash that settled on the Antarctic ice sheet approximately 21,000 years ago.

Ice core tells 11,000-year history of explosive volcanic eruptions
Science / Ice and Snow
Wednesday June 30, 2021
An ice core from West Antarctica is giving scientists insight into some intriguing climate anomalies of ages past and deepening the mystery of a volcanic eruption that destroyed a Greek island some 3,600 years ago.

Sea ice floating around Ross Island in 1961.

Southern Ocean Sea Ice Cover Has Gradually Grown Over Past 10,000 Years
Science / Oceans and Atmosphere
Monday June 14, 2021
Salt levels in an ice core drilled at the South Pole are telling scientists what Antarctic sea ice conditions were like in ages past, information crucial to understanding how the southernmost continent will fare in a changing climate.

The ice cliffs along the edge of Thwaites Glacier. Understanding how they collapse under their own weight is a central focus of the DOMINOS Project.

Thwaites Glacier - Future
Science / Ice and Snow
Monday May 17, 2021
The massive Thwaites Glacier on the coast of West Antarctica is falling to pieces because of climate change. Shifting ocean currents are bringing warm sea water up under its vulnerable underside, melting out the ice at its base and accelerating its movement into the ocean.

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