Enhanced westerly winds lead to increased ocean heat transport to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, study finds
A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including ...
Scientists reveal a hidden world beneath Antarctica's ice where rivers flow uphill
Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...
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A giant iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica—then researchers found life they’d never imagined beneath it
On a January morning in 2025, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke free from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It ...
What it’s really like to live on an Antarctic base: Meltdowns, claustrophobia and -40 degrees
Isolation, frigid temperatures and old food are small prices to pay for the opportunity to do research in Antarctica.
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What lies beneath 16,000 feet of Antarctic ice? A world never before seen by humans
Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...
New Map Shows What Ice-Free Antarctica Looks Like
For all of human history, Antarctica has been ice-covered and desolate. Now, a new model shows the hidden continent beneath ...
Thriving Antarctic ecosystems found in wake of recently detached iceberg
An international team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor (too) working in the Bellingshausen Sea rapidly pivoted ...
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Enhanced westerly winds lead to increased ocean heat transport to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Enhanced westerly winds associated with global warming will strengthen the clockwise circulations and heat transport to the ...