Meet the world’s biggest iceberg: Huge 1,667 square mile block that’s even bigger than MAJORCA has broken away from the Antarctic ice shelf, European Space Agency reveals The massive block of ice broke off from the Ronne Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea It is 105 miles long by 15 miles wide and was spotted … Read more
Icebergs in the Antarctic gradually melting further and further from the frozen continent could be the trigger that plunges Earth into a new ice age, study finds. Researchers from Cardiff University reconstructed past climate conditions and identified tiny fragments of Antarctic rock dropped in the open ocean as part of a study designed to understand … Read more
The ozone hole over the Antarctic has reached its 2020 peak and is one of the largest holes of recent years. Ozone depletion over the frozen continent was first spotted in 1985 and over the last 35 years various measures have been introduced to try and shrink the hole. Every August, at the start of … Read more
Antarctic seabed channels carrying warm water are the ‘critical link’ between the ocean and the underside of the Thwaites Glacier that is causing ice loss, studies show The melting rate of the Thwaites Glacier has increased five-fold in 30 years Experts believe that it accounts for around 4 per cent of total sea level rise Researchers … Read more
A shelf of ice surrounding the frozen continent of Antarctica nearly four times the size of the UK could collapse if temperatures keep rising, researchers claim. An international team of geoscientists led by Colombia University used satellite images and deep learning to map surface fractures across Antarctica. They then used the models to calculate that … Read more
Antarctic penguins could experience a ‘population boom’ due to global warming as melting sea ice means they have to spend less time foraging for food. Japanese scientists describe the Adélie species of penguin, which is native to Antarctica, as a ‘rare global warming winner’ thanks to melting ice. In low-ice conditions, penguins are able travel more … Read more
The amount of summer sea ice found in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica has reduced by 386,102 square miles (1 million sq km) in the past five years. That is an area twice the size of Spain and will have a significant impact on the marine ecosystem in the area, according to researchers. Sea ice … Read more
Global sea levels could rise as much as 10ft (3 metres) if the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica collapses. Sea level rises threaten cities from Shanghai to London, to low-lying swathes of Florida or Bangladesh, and to entire nations such as the Maldives. In the UK, for instance, a rise of 6.7ft (2 metres) or more … Read more
Rare fossil of dinosaur related to the T. rex that researchers believe roamed the Antarctic Circle 110 million years ago is discovered in Australia Researchers in Australia discovered a rare fossil of a T. rex relative The new species was believed to have roamed Antarctica 110 million years ago The fossil is the first of … Read more
Microplastics are found for the first time in Antarctic sea ice as human pollution reaches the most remote regions of the planet Ice core drilled in 2009 was analysed by the University of Tasmania scientists Found 96 total microplastic particles in the 3.5ft long chunk of sea ice More than a third (34%) of the … Read more