Antarctic icequakes triggered by 2010 magnitude 8.8 Chile earthquake

Antarctic icequakes triggered by 2010 magnitude 8.8 Chile earthquake

Sections of Antarctica's frozen desert can experience hundreds of micro-quakes an hour due to ice deformation. These quakes are also called icequakes and they are a usual occurrence on Antarctica. However, after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit C

Coldest June since measurements began in Adélie Land, Antarctica

Coldest June since measurements began in Adélie Land, Antarctica

Meteo-France is reporting an unusually cold month of June at their station base Dumont d'Urville located in Adélie Land (Terre Adélie), Antarctica. They recorded an average temperature of -22.4° C throughout June, which is 6.6&d

Distinct avian influenza viruses found in Antarctic penguins

Distinct avian influenza viruses found in Antarctic penguins

An international team of researchers has, for the first time, identified an avian influenza virus in a group of Adélie penguins from Antarctica. The virus, found to be unlike any other circulating avian flu, is described in a study published this week in mBi

Today’s Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida

Today’s Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida

Parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today's California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific Ocean registered 21st-century Florida heat, according to scientists using a new way to measure past temperatures.The findings, published the week of A

Volcanoes helped species survive ice ages

Volcanoes helped species survive ice ages

An international team of researchers has found evidence that the steam and heat from volcanoes and heated rocks allowed many species of plants and animals to survive past ice ages, helping scientists understand how species respond to climate change.

The research

Largest flood recorded beneath Antarctica mapped by CryoSat

Largest flood recorded beneath Antarctica mapped by CryoSat

ESA’s CryoSat satellite has found a vast crater in Antarctica’s icy surface for which scientists believe was left behind when a lake lying under about 3 km of ice suddenly drained.

The study, published recently in Geophysical Research Letters,

Bedmap2 – detailed view of Antarctica’s landmass

Bedmap2 – detailed view of Antarctica’s landmass

Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have released the most detailed map yet of Antarctica’s landmass that allows scientists to better analyse the bed below the Antarctic ice sheet. Bedmap2 reveals a landscape of mountain ranges and plains

Antarctic ice sheet earthquakes shed light on ice movement and earthquakes

Antarctic ice sheet earthquakes shed light on ice movement and earthquakes

Penn State geoscientists made analysis of small, repeating earthquakes in an Antarctic ice sheet. They point that it may  lead to an understanding of glacial movement and also shed light on stick slip earthquakes like those on the San Andreas fault or in

Melting glaciers alter Earth’s gravity

Melting glaciers alter Earth’s gravity

Melting glaciers can alter Earth’s gravity field, scientists have found, a discovery that is shedding light on when Greenland and Antarctica began heavily melting. Knowing the timing of this melting could help climate scientists make better estimates of the potential

Study links ozone hole to climate change all the way to the equator

Study links ozone hole to climate change all the way to the equator

In a study to be published in the April 21st issue of Science magazine, researchers at Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science report their findings that the ozone hole, which is located over the South Pole, has affected the entire circulation