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How life endured the Snowball Earth: Evidence from Antarctic meltwater ponds

When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted…

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Antarctic seal numbers falling drastically due to melting sea ice, research shows | Sea ice

Antarctic seal populations are drastically declining as the sea ice melts around them, new research has shown. Researchers from the…

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Impossible signal from deep beneath Antarctic ice baffles physicists

A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle…

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Scientists say next few years vital to securing the future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be triggered with very little ocean warming above present-day, leading to a…

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Penguin poop may help preserve Antarctic climate

The ammonia from the guano does not form the particles but supercharges the process that does, Boyer said. “It’s really…

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Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that…

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Melting Antarctic ice sheets will slow Earth’s strongest ocean current

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world’s strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting…

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The Golden Age of Antarctic Science May Be Ending

Updated at 3:15 p.m. ET on February 28, 2025 Field research in Antarctica is an extended exercise in endurance. Grant…

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‘Very rare’ sighting of juvenile Antarctic minke whale off Sydney coast | Whales

A young Antarctic minke whale has treated ferry passengers to a rare spectacle after surfacing beside a wharf to the…

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