Something quite dramatic and disturbing is taking place in Antartica: thousands of Emperor penguin chicks, normally characterized by their cautious growth in the icy embrace of their colonies, are nowContinue Reading
A team of scientists has been closely monitoring the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica since 2018. Their six-year study has revealed a grim outlook for the glacier’s future. According to theirContinue Reading
The Antarctic is melting at an unprecedented rate. Scientists gathered in Chile for the 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research conference shared alarming findings about the continent’s rapid climate change.Continue Reading
The climate change is having a surprising effect: lengthening Earth’s days. Melting polar ice is reshaping the planet, with consequences for our technology. Scientists say this phenomenon highlights how humanContinue Reading
Scientists are becoming more worried about a massive piece of ice in Antarctica that is not refreezing despite the dropping temperatures. This ice is even bigger than Mexico in termsContinue Reading
Antarctica is the world’s highest, driest, coldest, windiest, and brightest continent. It is about the size of the United States and Mexico combined and is almost entirely covered by aContinue Reading
According to a Canadian researcher, an ozone hole seven times bigger than the Antarctic ozone hole has been present across tropical regions since the 1980s. Qing-Bin Lu, a scientist fromContinue Reading
The ice shelf that holds Antarctica’s massive Pine Island Glacier from collapsing into the Southern Ocean is breaking up faster than before as climate change weakens the natural barriers to glacial melting,Continue Reading
