Record Breaking Temperature In Antarctica After 1980, WMO Confirms 63.5 Degrees F In 2015 Denotes the Balmiest Year Ever

Medicine & Technology Mar 03, 2017

The World Meteorological Organization(WMO) has confirmed that the year 2015 was the hottest year for Antarctica. Climate scientists have recorded the temperature was 63.5° Fahrenheit on March 24th, 2015.

World Meteorological Organization Announced The High Temperature Recorded In Antarctica Region

Mar 02, 2017

The today new verified record high- temperatures in Antarctica, ranging from the high 60s to the high teens, depending on the location they were recorded in Antarctica.

World's Largest Canyon May Be Hidden Beneath Antarctica's Ice Sheets

Jan 16, 2016

There might be a possibility that a mysterious landscape of layered bands of rocks are hidden beneath the ice sheets of the Antarctic. This could reportedly be the world's largest, extending up to over a thousand kilometre long and 1 km deep.

Nations Are Now Flocking In On Antarctica

Jan 05, 2016

Russia and China have expanded their operations in Antarctica while other countries are setting up their own bases in the region.

Antarctica Ice Shelves In Danger Of Collapse In 100 Years

Oct 13, 2015

The risk doubles in about 50 years or less.

Burning Of Fossil Fuels Could Melt Antarctica

Sep 15, 2015

This could result in submersion of most coastal cities like Tokyo, New York, Washington, and Shanghai.

Once Solid Peninsula in Antarctica Begins to Melt

May 24, 2015

A part of Antarctica that scientists once thought to be safe from climate change is now showing signs of instability, and the loss of this ice could lead to the rising sea levels around the world.

Satellite Data Reveal an Alarming Trend in Antarctica

May 23, 2015

Antarctica is a truly massive continent. At over 5 million square miles, the whole of the US could fit securely within its borders. It boasts the highest, driest, coldest, and windiest landscape of all seven continents. And the fact that it is losing ice is nothing new. It's the rate at which parts of the continent are melting that is raising new concerns.

Antarctic Ice Shelf on Verge of Disintegration, NASA Says

May 15, 2015

The last intact section of one of Antarctica’s giant ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate in the next few years, contributing to a further rise in sea levels, NASA said in a new study.

Life Underneath Antarctica May One Day Reveal Life On Colder Planets

Apr 28, 2015

Though it may be hard to imagine life abounding in the frigid tundra that is Earth’s Antarctica, that doesn’t mean that life cannot exist there. Recent studies looking into the develop and sustainability of life in the frozen wasteland has developed promising results in showing that life may too exist on other exoplanets or exomoons further out in space that may share a similarly cold surface. But in a new study published this week in the journal Nature Communications, researchers with the University of Tennessee Knoxville have discovered a series of underground lakes that could harbor life—pointing ever-more towards the possibility of life far off from what humans can withstand.

Antarctica's Ice Shelves Melting Faster Than Originally Thought

Mar 27, 2015

Times are tough for the massive ice sheets of Antarctica these days with the latest report that the giant floating ice shelves that form a fringe along the continent's coast are beginning to melt and deteriorate much faster than scientists once believed.

Genes Show Where Penguins Called Home During the Ice Age

Mar 03, 2015

Surviving an Ice Age may sound like an easy task for a penguin. However, a new study of how climate change has affected emperor penguins over the last 30,000 years found that only three different populations of penguins survived during the last ice age, and the Ross Sea in Antarctica was likely the refuge for one of the populations.

Life in The Cold—How Penguins Deal Without Sweet & Savory Sensations

Feb 17, 2015

What could be worse than living on a frozen tundra, you ask? Experiencing the world in only two tastes has got to be pretty rough. And when you’re noshing down on fish day in and day out, only being able to taste things that are salty or sour has got to be a bummer too. But sadly, this is the life of the penguin.

Scientists Discover Life 2,500 Feet Below Antarctic Ice

Jan 25, 2015

In a surprising twist, scientists drilling through 2,500 feet or 740 meters of ice in Antarctica have stumbled upon a colony of fish, crustaceans and jellyfish inhabiting the cold and dark recesses of the barren Antarctic sea floor.

Seals May Use Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate

Dec 31, 2014

While past research has described the specie in great detail, a new study has found that Antarctic seals may be using the Earth's magnetic field as a natural GPS while hunting.