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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 ...
The Antarctic Dry Valleys represent one of the most extreme terrestrial environments on Earth, characterised by an environment of persistent cold, extreme aridity and oligotrophy. Microbial ...
An ancient landscape, likely once home to rivers and forests, has been found beneath a mile of ice in Antarctica. The area, ...
Researchers said "the land underneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is less well known than the surface of Mars" ...
These mountains currently restrict the East Antarctic ice sheet as it flows from East Antarctica to low elevations in the Ross Sea." Yet there are significant questions about the past uplift ...
The clouds in Antarctica might be fueled by penguin poop. Penguin poop — sorry, penguin guano — is creating clouds in Antarctica that could be affecting local temperatures, according to new ...
Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to new research. The ammonia in penguin guano -- or poop -- could help to reduce the ...
"We've definitely now had detections in most of the seal species in Antarctica," said Dr Meagan Dewar, who recently returned from her fourth research expedition to the continent this year.
From base layers to the best bags, here are the exact items to pack for a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic adventure. Taryn White is a D.C.-based travel writer who covers a wide range of topics ...
For generations, scientists have been documenting same-sex pairings, non-reproductive copulation and complex gender dynamics in everything from bonobos to butterflies. But due to the longstanding ...