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According to recent reports, the National Science Foundation has decided to cancel the U.S. Antarctic research program thanks to the government shutdown in Washington that has affected services across the board for the U.S.
It might not be a mystery you ponder everybody, but it's had scientists puzzled for ages: how do deep and mid-depth waters mix in our world's oceans? The answer: giant underwater mountains.
Antarctica's Lake Vostok lies so far underneath the ice, and is so far removed from the excesses of time that it is believed to be a reliable stand-in for frozen extraterrestrial environments and a perfect spot to see if life can survive in these types of locales. After years of research, the verdict is in: yes life can survive, and in abundance too.
Antarctic ice shelves are diminishing from the bottom up due to warm ocean water, and not from huge chunks breaking off into the ocean, says a new University of California Irvine (UCI) study.
British Antarctica Survey scientists have stripped away Antarctica's icy gown, revealing the mysterious frost-filled frontier naked for the first time. The new geographical map, dubbed Bedmap2, sheds new light on a continent rarely visited even today, and provides environmental engineers with a roadmap of the Antarctic ice sheet.
Supermodel Kate Upton says she got frostbite during the Sport's Illustrated photo shoot in Antarctica for the magazine's 2013 Swimsuit Issue.
The latest research station in the Antarctic region is a lot different from other stations of its kind in the past-for starters, it can move.
A fuel shortage is forcing scientists to call off an ambitious drilling project in Antarctica.
A new study revealed that polar ice sheets are melting at a three-times faster rate then they were in the 1990s.
Studies on the rate of ice loss have often differed in their results, but now researchers have created a new set of data using multiple methods to give scientists more accurate and easy-to-read information on our planet's global warming.
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has failed to come to an agreement that would protect regions of the Antarctic Ocean, reportedly due to interference from China, Russia, and the Ukraine.
After drilling down to a lake that has been in isolation for 15-million years, scientists were hoping to find out about life that can exist in such icy extremes. The first round of sampling, however, has been disappointing.
A study published this week by the journal Nature tells of a "vast reservoir" of the potent greenhouse gas methane may be trapped under ice sheets in the Antarctic and if this ice continues its fast-paced melting, the gas could be released into the atmosphere and contribute considerably to global warming.
Palm Trees Used to Grow on Antarctica.
