So when was the last time Antarctica was ice-free? This ice cap formed relatively recently in geological terms, experts told Live Science. "I think most people would say 34 million years ago was ...
They hunt prey such as seals who also live on the continent. A research base in Antarctica. In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first to reach the South Pole. It was one of the ...
While that scenario is extreme, it shows how much water is stored in Antarctica and how important it is to our climate. Antarctic ice sheets are the thermostat of the planet, and that thermostat ...
But the findings don't mean Thwaites is stable. Thwaites Glacier drains a huge area of Antarctica's ice sheet — about 74,000 square miles (192,000 square kilometers), an expanse bigger than Florida.
Researchers have found a new type of avian influenza virus in a group of Adélie penguins (pygoscelies adeliae) from Antarctica ... first time that a distinct, live flu virus has been found ...