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At 1.2-million-years-old, a newly uncovered Antarctic ice core represents the oldest known ice on the planet. The 1.7 mile-long ice core was recovered from over 9,000 feet (2,800 meters ...

Humans have been recording the weather for thousands of years. Antarctic ice, however, has been at it for over a million. An international team of scientists has extracted a 1.74-mile-long (2.8 ...

A Dec. 26, 2024, Instagram post shows maps of purported Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, from Dec. 24, 1979, and the same day in 2024. Text above the graphic says the extent was larger in 2024 ...

Where no observation is available within the last 75 minutes, the latest observation is shown in italics and coloured and removed from the table after 30 hours. Station names link to data for the ...

A journey to Antarctica is the journey of a lifetime ... enough that you can hop outside at a moment’s notice (like when the captain comes on the loudspeaker to announce that whales are on the port ...

As the ice sheets melt, eruptions may become more common – and stronger If you picture Antarctica, a continent roughly the size of the US and Mexico combined, an endless white void probably ...

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice ...

Researchers say social media is contributing to the growing popularity of tourism in Antarctica, where annual visitor numbers surged to 124,000 over the past year. But there is concern that the ...

Applications are now open for technical officer roles. You can read about the roles and apply at the links below. Applications close 19 January 2025. We regularly recruit for roles in Antarctica.

As BBC News filmed with scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, one whale used its four-metre-long fin to sweep a net of bubbles around its prey and trap them, known as "bubble-netting".

An international team of scientists has drilled nearly two miles into Antarctic bedrock, extracting a 1.2 million-year-old ice core. This breakthrough, achieved by Beyond EPICA at Little Dome C ...