Chile’s president visited the South Pole on Friday in a bid to fortify his country’s territorial claims to part of Antarctica, as competition in the region is growing bit by bit. Gabriel Boric, the president, and a delegation of officials visited Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, a U.S. research base; the first time, his office saidthat […]
Imagine a time machine that could whisk you back to the age of the dinosaurs. Suddenly, you find yourself in a dense, swampy forest, with insects buzzing between flowers, ferns, and conifers. Believe it or not, you’re standing in West Antarctica. Scientists in Germany and the UK have now discovered amber there for the first […]
The intricate details of the sunken Endurancethe ship lost on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s doomed 1914 Antarctic expedition, have been revealed through 3D scans and underwater photographs. The images, taken by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trustprovide a close-up look at the 144-foot-long (44 meters) ship that had been hidden under ice and the frigid waters of […]
When satellites first started peering down on the craggy, glaciated Antarctic Peninsula about 40 years ago, they saw only a few tiny patches of vegetation covering a total of about 8,000 square feet—less than a football field. But since then, the Antarctic Peninsula has warmed rapidly, and a new study shows that mosses, along with […]
Hummocks of moss cover Ardley Island off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.Credit: Dan Charman A fast-warming region of Antarctica is getting greener with shocking speed. Satellite imagery of the region reveals that the area covered by plants increased by almost 14 times over 35 years — a trend that will spur rapid change of […]
