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Antarctica is the southernmost continent in the world and the location of the South Pole. Uninhabited by humans and covered in ice, it is the coldest and driest continent and contains most of the world's ice.
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MAR 02, 2020Earth & The Environment
Bremer Canyon Marine Park sits in the Indian Ocean off the southern coast of Western Australia, a 4472 km² marine p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 18, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in Nature Geoscience details the findings of the most accurate topographical map of Antarcti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 08, 2019Neuroscience
Scientists had suspected for some time that living in extreme environmental conditions- such as in harsh climates and in ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 16, 2019Earth & The Environment
This summer, the Greenland Ice Sheet experienced a significant melting event not seen since 2002, mainly due to the heat ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 08, 2019Earth & The Environment
Headlines of record-breaking heat have become more common this summer. Just a few weeks ago, cities throughout Europe su ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
To be a scientist also is to be a dreamer – to think outside of the paradigms that we humans have constructed in o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 27, 2019Earth & The Environment
And you thought we had fixed the ozone problem. Don’t speak too soon…new research published in Nature Susta ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 04, 2019Chemistry & Physics
A supernova is a brief, final stage event that happens to a massive star and ends with an epic explosion of its stellar ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
Antarctica is suffering from numerous changes due to global climate change, and scientists are unwavering in their work ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 09, 2019Earth & The Environment
After three years of searching, the international collaboration of scientists called “Beyond EPICA,” has fou ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 07, 2019Earth & The Environment
The Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica is on the tipping point – literally. Seven years ago, 1,500 square kilometer ice ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
After two years of extensive research, a team of international researchers has determined the exact location from which ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 01, 2019Earth & The Environment
An iceberg, roughly twice the size of New York City, will break off western Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf at any ti ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified a new method of ice calving called slumping, and it definitely is cause for alarm. This resea ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
Some icebergs appear bluish-white due to the numerous bubbles contained in the ice that scatter light. When seawater fre ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 25, 2019Earth & The Environment
A record has been broken – quite literally – in the West Antarctic ice sheet: scientists drilled down over t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 04, 2019Microbiology
Methane is a greenhouse gas considered to be 20-28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research published in Scientific Reports suggests that large quantities of methane are seeping out from glaciers int ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 21, 2018Videos
The headless chicken monster is actually a deep-sea swimming sea cucumber scientifically known as, Enypniastes eximia. T ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 19, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, explains how singing ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 20, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published recently in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that our ice caps around the globe may no ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 13, 2018Earth & The Environment
Flash back to the last deglaciation, some 19,000–9,000 years ago. During this time, atmospheric CO2 increased sign ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 12, 2018Earth & The Environment
Flashback about 16,000 years ago. During this time, the Southern Ocean was experiencing a sudden rise in atmospheric CO2 ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 24, 2018Earth & The Environment
Right now, the farthest we can go back in time to analyze the history of our planet’s climate is 800,000 years. We ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 02, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Bremer Canyon Marine Park sits in the Indian Ocean off the southern coast of Western Australia, a 4472 km² marine p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 18, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in Nature Geoscience details the findings of the most accurate topographical map of Antarcti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 08, 2019
Neuroscience
Scientists had suspected for some time that living in extreme environmental conditions- such as in harsh climates and in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 16, 2019
Earth & The Environment
This summer, the Greenland Ice Sheet experienced a significant melting event not seen since 2002, mainly due to the heat
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 08, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Headlines of record-breaking heat have become more common this summer. Just a few weeks ago, cities throughout Europe su
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
To be a scientist also is to be a dreamer – to think outside of the paradigms that we humans have constructed in o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 27, 2019
Earth & The Environment
And you thought we had fixed the ozone problem. Don’t speak too soon…new research published in Nature Susta
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 04, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
A supernova is a brief, final stage event that happens to a massive star and ends with an epic explosion of its stellar
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Antarctica is suffering from numerous changes due to global climate change, and scientists are unwavering in their work
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 09, 2019
Earth & The Environment
After three years of searching, the international collaboration of scientists called “Beyond EPICA,” has fou
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 07, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica is on the tipping point – literally. Seven years ago, 1,500 square kilometer ice
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
After two years of extensive research, a team of international researchers has determined the exact location from which
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 01, 2019
Earth & The Environment
An iceberg, roughly twice the size of New York City, will break off western Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf at any ti
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified a new method of ice calving called slumping, and it definitely is cause for alarm. This resea
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Some icebergs appear bluish-white due to the numerous bubbles contained in the ice that scatter light. When seawater fre
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 25, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A record has been broken – quite literally – in the West Antarctic ice sheet: scientists drilled down over t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 04, 2019
Microbiology
Methane is a greenhouse gas considered to be 20-28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Scientific Reports suggests that large quantities of methane are seeping out from glaciers int
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 21, 2018
Videos
The headless chicken monster is actually a deep-sea swimming sea cucumber scientifically known as, Enypniastes eximia. T
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 19, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, explains how singing
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 20, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published recently in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that our ice caps around the globe may no
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Flash back to the last deglaciation, some 19,000–9,000 years ago. During this time, atmospheric CO2 increased sign
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 12, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Flashback about 16,000 years ago. During this time, the Southern Ocean was experiencing a sudden rise in atmospheric CO2
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 24, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Right now, the farthest we can go back in time to analyze the history of our planet’s climate is 800,000 years. We
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan