This area, which has remained untouched for over 34 million years, spans about 12,000 square miles and is located in a remote ...

As Group Captain Shukla gears up for the ISS, dive into these stellar reads—from Gagarin’s leap to ISRO’s lunar triumphs.

The clean-up and site restoration of a New Zealand research station in Antarctica has provided valuable lessons on the ...

Tauranga-based Antarctic inland water expert Dr Ian Hawes has played a key role in a landmark clean-up of a former New ...

Many people think of deserts like the Sahara, but Antarctica receives even less precipitation. Some parts of it, like the McMurdo Dry Valleys, have not seen rain for millions of years. Even though ...

Meanwhile, Al Suwaidi also highlighted that the cold, arid conditions of Mars especially its glacial landforms, offer strong parallels to environments on Earth, like the dry valleys in Antarctica.

T he McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica live up to their name. The region is one of the driest places on Earth—mountains form a wall around the valleys and prevent melting glacier water from ...

So when Virginia Tech biological sciences Professor J.E. "Jeb" Barrett learned of a March 2022 day in the McMurdo Dry Valleys that the thermometer rocketed to more than 70°F above its average, he ...

Power, graduate student Meredith Snyder, and Professor J.E. “Jeb” Barrett, in Taylor Valley, one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica, in January 2023. Power and Snyder, along with Barrett ...

These dry valleys are a series of ice-free valleys in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The lack of precipitation is caused by strong, persistent winds that dissipate any moisture that might fall as snow.

Cancel anytime. St. Louis science teacher Bill Henske pauses for a treat while in the field in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. The snack may be years past its expiration date, but that is ...