The National Science Foundation has released a request for proposals for the potential 20-year, $8 billion Antarctic Science and Engineering Support Contract, or ASESC. According to the RFP ...

A long-line of Pensacola aviators have visited the Antarctic, including both the first man to fly there and the first man to land there. Antarctic geographical features named after Pensacola ...

In the Brazilian countryside, far from snowy lands, lies a vault of Antarctic secrets. The city — more specifically the UFV (Federal University of Viçosa) — hosts one of the world’s leading ...

That’s what it looks like from the surface, but there are hidden organisms and environments tucked inside and underneath the Antarctic ice. There is rocky land on the Antarctic continent ...

Until fairly recently, the oldest ice recovered from the thickest part of Antarctic ice sheets was around 800,000 years old. While undeniably old, that's not quite old enough for what climate ...

Underneath miles-deep ice sheets covering Antarctica lies the largest mountain range no one on Earth has ever seen. Even though a few of its tallest points peek through in some places, relatively few ...

Geologist Ian Plimer talks about shocking revelations of the Antarctic shelf experiencing record growth. “We have cycles, and these cycles are where the ice sheets grow and the ice sheets ...

While in Montevideo, Uruguay and the UK, both full members of the Antarctic Treaty exchanged Antarctic experiences, strengthened cooperation and looked into other possible areas to advance ...

A British scientist died after being attacked by a huge seal while snorkelling in the Antarctic. Marine biologist Kirsty Brown, 28, was studying the movement of icebergs when the animal struck ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The team ...

Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses. An research team, including ETH researchers, has for the first time directly observed the subglacial streams of West ...

To sum it all up, the Antarctic ice sheet – once thought to be sluggish and stable over millennia – is changing much faster than we realized, and in unexpected ways. This discovery of “ice piracy” ...