In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed the first fossil egg ever found in Antarctica. This remarkable find, ...

A submersible revealed hidden ice structures under the Antarctic before vanishing, highlighting the complexities of ice shelf ...

The polar ice cap is a unique chemical archive of Earth's atmosphere. Data collected from the ice could pin down a puzzling problem in the science of global warming: How greenhouse gases have ...

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'Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice' is published by Princeton University Press. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Bottom line: Better information allows for better predictions – this new drone will help scientists fill in the blanks on our maps of Antarctica, improving our estimates of how the continent will ...