The Antarctic ozone hole is healing, thanks to global reduction of CFCs
A new MIT-led study confirms that the Antarctic ozone layer is healing, as a direct result of global efforts to reduce ...
Ancient DNA reveals 6,000 years of the lives of Antarctic penguins
Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6,000 years of the lives of Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica's Ross ...
The Golden Age of Antarctic Science May Be Ending
The Trump administration is sabotaging the country’s gold-standard climate science in Antarctica and around the world.
World’s Largest, Oldest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Antarctic Island
A23a weighs nearly a trillion metric tons, making it the world’s largest active iceberg. It calved from Antarctica in 1986, ...
US Antarctic Program disrupted by DOGE-induced chaos
Few agencies have been spared as Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has ripped through the ...
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Antarctic sea ice hits another near-record low
Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 1.98 million square kilometers (764,000 million ...
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Antarctic sea ice minimum hits a near-record low, again
Antarctic sea ice likely reached its minimum extent of 1.98 million square kilometers (764,000 square miles), tying for second lowest extent with 2022 and 2024 in the 47-year satellite ...
Antarctic sea ice falls to near-record low as study reveals 'structural change'
Scientists have found it difficult to capture longer-term changes to Antarctic sea ice as satellite records date from 45 ...
World's Largest Iceberg, Weighing Nearly 1 Trillion Tons, Runs Aground Near Sub-Antarctic Island
The world’s largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean, according to British ...
Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound
Part of the system that pumps water, heat and nutrients around the globe is at risk. Climate change could slow the Antarctic ...
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World’s largest iceberg runs aground before collision with sub-Antarctic island
The world’s largest and oldest iceberg, A23a, has come to a halt near South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, ...
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Antarctic ice melt could weaken world’s strongest ocean current: What that means for Earth
In a nutshell • The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Earth’s strongest ocean current, is projected to weaken by about 20% by ...