Researchers have found geologic evidence that casts doubt on the prevailing theory of what triggered the glaciation of Antarctica.
This map shows the present-day...
Using DNA and RNA sequencing, an international team of researchers has revealed a surprising variety of life forms living in the subglacial Lake Vostok.
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According to a new study submitted for publication in Physical Review Letters (arXiv.org version), two rare events observed in 2011 and 2012 by the IceCube...
Geologists led by Dr Lydia Hallis from the University of Hawaii have examined a meteorite that formed on Mars more than 1 billion years ago to determine...
Scientists working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station have found an 18 kg chondrite embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet.
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A group of researchers from the National Oceanography Center in Southampton has discovered a strange new deep-sea volcanic vent at Hook Ridge near the...
Scientists led by Prof Peter Doran of the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered a 3,000-year-old viable community of bacteria in a dark, salty...
A team of researchers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship R/V Falkor has discovered the S.S. Terra Nova, a whaler, sealer and polar exploration...
According to a team of scientists from the Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, large numbers of humpback whales are remaining in bays along the...
A team of US researchers, including NASA scientists, has found that ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected.
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A new study into the biogeography of Antarctica has identified 15 distinct regions on the continent and near-shore islands.
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The birth of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet — a puzzle mystifying scientists since their discovery...
