A hole the size of Switzerland opened in Antarctic ice over Maud Rise, driven by ocean heat, storms, and topography—raising ...

Strangest of all, scientists have found that its gusts of gas are loaded with tiny crystals of metallic gold, no larger than 20 micrometers. Over the course of a single day, it's estimated that the ...

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

An overlooked Antarctic water system could raise sea levels by more than 2 meters by 2300, computer simulations show.

The Antarctic ice sheet behaves like a non-Newtonian fluid and may be more nonlinear than previously thought. This impacts its future stability and requires revisions to predictions of sea level rise.

In a twist that reads more like the plot of a political satire than official policy, the icy, penguin-populated shores of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands—remote Australian territories near ...

Dr Zhao is affiliated with Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP), at the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, supported under the Antarctic Science ...

Advert Specifically, 10 percent tariffs have been applied to 'one of the most remote places on Earth,' Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, an external Australian territory in the Antarctic where ...

But they're expensive to uphold and people can question their worth. The good news is, they work - and Antarctica's strict biosecurity policies prove it. Under the web of agreements governing ...