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One-third of the Antarctic ice shelf could collapse if the world continues to heat up at its current rate
As climate change is making temperatures soar, more than a third of the Antarctic's ice shelf could…
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Around 10,000 penguin chicks died when the Antarctic ice they lived on melted they were still too young to survive in the icy water
The emperor penguin chicks most likely drowned or froze to death because they hadn't yet developed …
Sophia Ankel
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About 3 trillion tonnes of Antarctic ice has melted over the past 25 years
Antarctica is shedding ice at an alarming rate. Using the data recorded by satellites, researchers …
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A giant crack in Antarctic ice is 'days or weeks' from breaking off a Delaware-sized iceberg
"Rifting of this magnitude doesn't happen so often, so we don't often get a chance to study it up c…
Dave Mosher
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A huge crack in a 1,000-foot-thick Antarctic ice block has taken an alarming turn
In November 2016, a team of scientists in NASA's Operation IceBridge survey flew over the rift and …
Dave Mosher
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A luxury Viking cruise ship helped scientists encounter the rarely-seen giant phantom jellyfish
Tourists in a submersible witnessed a rarely seen giant phantom jellyfish during a Viking cruise to…
Jenny McGrath
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We spent $19,000 on a cruise to Antarctica. Crossing the Drake Passage was a nightmare, but the destination was worth it.
My husband and crossed the Drake Passage on a cruise to Antarctica. I was sick the whole time, but …
Alex Schnee
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I never had the money or time to travel. But at 64, I'm done only seeing the world through photos and videos.
I grew up living paycheck to paycheck and working, but I always dreamed of travel. Now, I'm seeing …
Bradley Carroll
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6 ways humans are transforming Antarctica from a pristine preserve to a polluted wasteland
Antarctica is one of the most pristine places on Earth, yet it's changing rapidly due to human encr…
Rupendra Brahambhatt
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Wind is thawing Greenland, but also helping Antarctica retain its ice sheets somehow
Even if you leave the various glacier-laced mountains out of the equation, the ice sheets in Greenl…
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Penguins employ thousands of microsleeps to achieve 11 hours' slumber daily!
The findings revealed that the penguins slept in remarkably short intervals, averaging merely 3.91 …
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This otherworldly image of an alien-like golden crab has won gold in Wildlife Photographer of the Year
This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year award captured a weird horseshoe crab, scheming orcas…
Marianne Guenot
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I lived and worked in Antarctica for 5 months without WiFi or running water. Here's what surprised me.
Lucy Bruzzone lived and worked in Port Lockroy, Antarctica, for five months. She said she was surpr…
Sarah Jackson
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Map shows the ice sheets and glaciers melting that scientists most fear will be the source of catastrophic rising sea levels
Sea levels are rising steadily each year due to global warming, but these glaciers and ice sheets m…
Marianne Guenot,Annie Fu
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An iceberg the size of Delaware that was heading straight for a penguin colony island has broken into two pieces
Strong underwater currents caused the massive iceberg to turn nearly 180 degrees and break into two…
Sophia Ankel
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Antarctica's colossal iceberg is still alive 1 year after its birth - but the Maryland-size ice block is floating toward its doom
"The iceberg has been pushed around by ocean currents, tides, and winds, and its northern end has r…
Dave Mosher
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A remarkable new penguin 'supercolony' of over 1.5 million birds has been discovered off the coast of Antarctica - take a look
That's how Stony Brook University ecologist Heather Lynch, NASA scientist Matthew Schwaller, and se…
Kevin Loria
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NASA's photos of a perfectly rectangular iceberg in Antarctica are oddly satisfying
"I often see icebergs with relatively straight edges, but I've not really seem one before with two …
Peter Kotecki
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Antarctica is melting faster than anyone thought, and we're not ready for the sea level rise that's coming
We've already baked a certain amount of sea level rise into the planet's system. Global temperature…
Kevin Loria
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Why some scientists won't link Antarctica's giant iceberg to global warming
"Although this is a natural event, and we're not aware of any link to human-induced climate change,…