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Mystery behind rising sea levels unlocked

Global sea levels rose by an average of 1.8mm per year from 1961-2003, according to data from tide g...

Octopus `hints at West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse`

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet -- one of the world`s major ice sheets, could collapse if global warmin...

New weak point of Antarctic ice sheet found

An inflow of warmer water beneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf will melt the ice from below.

Antarctic ice melting from warm water below: Study

Antarctica`s massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm ...

China installs largest optical telescope in Antarctica

A Chinese expedition team to Antarctica has finished installing and testing the largest optical tele...

Space pictures pick up lots more penguins

Scientists counting emperor penguins from space have found twice as many of the birds in Antarctica ...

Emperor penguins count double from Space!

Scientists counting emperor penguins from space have found twice as many of the birds in Antarctica ...

Satellite records Antarctica ice shelf`s retreat

The European Space Agency`s Envisat satellite continues to record the rapid retreat of one of Antarc...

Antarctic ice shelf may be disintegrating rapidly

ESA’s Envisat satellite, which marks ten years in orbit, is continuing to observe the rapid retreat ...

India`s 3rd research base in Antarctica begins on trial basis

India has done a soft launch of its third research station in Antarctica`s Larsemann Hills region.

Antarctic blue ice `rising`

Antarctica`s Blue ice region of the ice sheet has increased in height.

Scientists pin down historic sea level rise

The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to ri...

$West Antarctic ice shelves may be `fracturing and retreating inland`$

West Antarctic ice shelves may be `fracturing and retreating inland`

Floating ice shelves of a critical portion of West Antarctica are gradually losing their hold on adj...

Coldest, deepest Antarctic water `mysteriously shrinking`

The coldest deep ocean water that flows around Antarctica in the Southern Ocean has been strangely d...

Future sea-level rise predicted in 3-mn-yr-old rocks

The height of ancient sea level indicates Greenland and the western part of Antarctica had no ice sh...

Warming Antarctic alters penguin breeding cycles

Higher temperatures brought on by global warming are already affecting the breeding cycles of three ...

Sea-level rise may be lower than earlier estimates

A new study has lowered past estimates of sea-level rise, but warns that it’s still a drastic change...

Algae bloom can be seen from space

The bloom, which is about 200 km wide and 100 km long, has been described by scientists as a "remark...

Alien invasion a threat to Antarctic ecosystem

In the pristine frozen continent of Antarctica scientists fear an alien invasion -- not from outer s...

UK scientists to help satellites dodge sun storms

British scientists have developed a system to help protect navigation and communications satellites ...

Antarctic-like salty, water sucking soil could exist on Mars too

The frigid dry valleys in Antarctica may be a polar desert, yet their sandy soils actually suck mois...

Fire at Brazil`s Antarctic base kills 2, injures 1

The blaze broke out in the machine room that houses the energy generators of the Comandante Ferraz s...

Race is on to find life under Antarctic ice sheet

The race is on to discover life in the most remote and extreme environment known on Earth.

Putin hails Antarctic lake discovery

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has praised Russian scientists who have reached a gigantic freshwater ...

Earth losing roughly 150 bn tons of ice annually

Greenland, Antarctica and global glaciers and ice caps lost roughly 8 times the volume of Lake Erie ...

Experts may reach bottom of Lake Vostok in 2014

Russian scientists are planning to use robotic probes to reach water layers at the bottom of an anci...

Russian scientists drill into Antarctic lake buried under ice

Russian scientists claim to have achieved a major breakthrough by drilling into Antarctic lake burie...

Strong quake rattles remote Antarctica

A strong and shallow 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the remote South Shetland Islands region in A...

8000 ft under Antarctic sea – A lost world

British scientists have discovered what they claim is a "lost world" of unknown species nearly 8,0...

Remains of giant dinosaur discovered on Antarctica

Palaeontologists claim to have found the remains of a titanosaur, the family of giant plant-eating d...

Antarctica mapped `sans ice`

The map, BEDMAP2, gives the close-up view of Antarctica without its ice.

Drop in CO2 triggered polar ice sheet formation

A drop in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels seems to have triggered Antarctic ice sheet formation.

Traces from old N-tests found in Antarctic moss

Nuclear weapons, tested 50 years ago, have left their imprint on living moss shoots in the Antarctic...

East Antarctica `experiencing climate change`

East Antarctica is experiencing a significant climate change, say scientists who claim to have found...

`Antarctic mountains date back to dinosaur age`

The root of the mysterious range of Antarctic mountains may be over 200 million years old, scientis...

India to commission 3rd research station in Antarctica

After the station named `Bharti` becomes operational, India will join the league of select nations t...

NASA sees giant crack forming in Antarctic glacier

NASA scientists are watching a giant crack forming over a vulnerable Antarctic glacier and they thin...

Current Antarctic ozone hole 9th largest on record

The Antarctic ozone hole, which yawns wide every Southern Hemisphere spring, reached its annual peak...

Ozone not healing

Scientists worldwide are looking for evidence that the ozone layer is beginning to heal, but this ye...

`Antarctic ozone hole now as big as North America`

The first significant ozone hole above the Antarctic is now as big as North America, scientists have...

Storm delays rescue of ill woman from Antarctica

Renee-Nicole Douceur had hoped to fly on Monday to the city of Christchurch in New Zealand.

Scientists seek life beneath Antarctic ice

They believe a lake, that has been buried by ice for up to a million years, contains unique microbes...

China plans expeditions to Arctic, Antarctic

China plans to conduct five research expeditions to Antarctic and another three to the Arctic region...

First complete map of Antarctic ice flow

Scientists with funding from NASA have created the first complete map of the speed and direction of ...

Antarctica rising by 5 millimetres a year!

The loss of ice due to climate change in Antarctica is causing the once buoyant continent to be heav...

How did Antarctic succumb to ice age?

The rapid decline of glaciers along the peninsula has led to widespread speculation about how the re...

Strong currents accelerate Antarctic ice melt

The glacier is currently sliding into the sea at a clip of four km a year.

Rare celestial spectacle awaits skygazers

"The celestial encounter is going to be so close that earth`s gravity will sharply alter the asterio...

Ozone hole over Antarctica on the road to recovery

Researchers have derived evidence of ozone rebound, 22yrs after CFCs ban came into force.

Ozone hole linked to southern rain increases

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is a significant driver of climate change.

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