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What is a Rossby wave train? Scientists explain how Antarctica gained nearly 700 billion tons of ice - The surprising atmospheric pattern that disrupted normal weather, delivered extraordinary snowfall and and temporarily reversed the continent’s long-term ice loss

In a surprising turn, Antarctica temporarily gained ice mass, attributed to warm tropical ocean currents. These warm waters triggered atmospheric shifts that led to significant snowfall across the region. A Rossby wave train transported these phenomena over vast distances to East Antarctica. However, this short-lived ice gain does not indicate…

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Satellite images show how penguins’ diets are changing in response to Antarctic climate change

The color of penguin poop, as seen from space, is offering a new window into how the ecology and the environment of Antarctica are changing over time.

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Using a radar satellite to track emperor penguins in winter is changing our understanding of the species

Freely available satellite radar imaging is being used for the first time to help track colonies of endangered emperor penguins in Antarctica throughout the winter months.

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Some of Australia’s biggest companies are planning for an unbearable climate future

Even as unprecedented fires and heatwaves rage across Europe, scientists track the retreat of Antarctic sea ice and a supercharged El Niño system heads our way, Australia’s largest companies are forecasting business-as-usual in a much hotter world.

The Conversation

In 2021, when scientists were exploring Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf seafloor, they discovered 'underwater city' with 60 million fish nests & its own natural energy source

Filchner Ice Shelf Fish: Scientists discovered a vast Antarctic icefish colony beneath the ice of the Weddell Sea, revealing millions of nests spread across the seafloor. The colony was located near a flow of warmer water, creating what researchers described as a ‘thermal oasis’. The area supported an immense concentration…

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How Origame Digital built a “souped-up PS2” Lovecraftian horror game about penguins

Origame Digital's Tali Faulkner reveals how penguins, Nazis and Lovecraft collide in this brilliantly weird Antarctic horror game.

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Dolphin dies from H5 bird flu in SA as researchers withdrawn from sub-Antarctic island over ‘psychosocial risk’

Expeditioners at research station on Macquarie Island will be evacuated over possible ‘psychological stress’, while 100 dead little penguins found on Tasmanian island

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Three gentoo penguins reclaim their place in nature among the ruins of an Antarctic whaling station abandoned in 1931 – photographer captures wildlife returning to the relics of a dark industry

Award-winning wildlife photographer captures a haunting encounter between Antarctica's wildlife and its industrial past – now an Ocean Photographer of the Year finalist

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Scientists still take Antarctic data out in 'suitcases full of hard drives'. Chile now plans a 4,100-km undersea cable to change that

A recent study conducted in Chile reveals that establishing a subsea fiber-optic cable to Antarctica is indeed feasible from a technical standpoint. This initiative promises to enhance scientific exploration and facilitate data sharing amongst researchers. However, it is met with challenges such as securing funds, forging international agreements, and tackling…

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Undersea cable to Antarctica through Drake Passage is viable, researchers find — 1,600km route to Chile could spell an end to research data leaving in 'suitcases full of hard drives'

Antarctic research data still leaves the continent physically, on hard drives ferried out by ship and plane "in suitcases full of hard drives."

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Antarctic bacteria share ‘life-support’ genes to survive extreme conditions

Antarctica is one of the driest, coldest places on Earth. Very little life survives its extremes.

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Intrepid Antarctic women mark 50-year milestone

Scientists and expeditioners who were among the first Australian women to set foot in Antarctica hope their stories can inspire the next generation.

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Antarctic krill fishing is now concentrated in the exact pattern conservation rules were designed to prevent

The companies fishing for Antarctic krill have harvested so much so quickly that the season had to close in August 2026, three months before it was scheduled to end. That’s the second consecutive year of an early closing.

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Before the ice, Antarctica had a rainforest near South Pole: Fossils reveal a 90-million-year-old secret

Scientists have uncovered remarkable evidence of a rainforest that flourished in Antarctica nearly 90 million years ago, despite the region experiencing months without sunlight each year. Fossilised roots, pollen, spores and later-discovered amber preserved in a seabed core are helping researchers reconstruct an unexpectedly warm, wet landscape that existed long…

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90 million years ago, Antarctica had a temperate forest just 900 kilometers from the South Pole despite months of darkness. 90 million years later, scientists found its roots, pollen and spores preserved in seafloor sediment beneath today's frozen continent

Ancient West Antarctica hosted a temperate rainforest approximately ninety million years ago. Fossil roots and pollen indicate dense vegetation grew near the South Pole. This forest experienced months of darkness annually, unlike modern rainforests. Scientists reconstructed a warm climate with high carbon dioxide levels.

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Inside the antarctic expedition that made Shackleton and Scott famous – and paved the way to the South Pole

In August 1901 Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton and more than 40 other men set sail to Antarctica for the first time. On their newly built ship, the Discovery, neither Scott nor Shackleton knew what to expect, nor whether they would come back alive. It was on this journey, the 1901…

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A Ten Month Antarctic Study Found Too Much Contact Strained Crew Members as Much as Isolation

Sensors worn by 12 Antarctic crew members across ten months found that frequent contact was linked to more conflict and mistrust, not less.

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Space satellite captures remarkable image of huge magenta-green “hummingbird” covering Antarctic ice

A joint US-Indian space agency satellite has captured what appears to be a huge magenta-green "hummingbird" engraved in Antarctica's ice

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In 2025, scientists tracked 12 people through 10 months of Antarctic isolation. The findings could reshape how future Mars astronauts are trained for the psychological challenges of deep-space missions

Ten months of Antarctic isolation revealed a hard truth about deep space. Twelve people trapped at Concordia Station faced rising conflict, not stronger bonds. Forced closeness actually fueled mistrust. Now, NASA is using these psychological findings to redesign future Mars missions. To survive the journey, astronauts need elite skills—and enough…

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Antarctica is covered in ice, yet its dry desert climate makes fire so dangerous that the US maintains a full-time professional fire department

Antarctica holds roughly 75 per cent of the planet's fresh water, locked away as ice, yet the continent is technically classified as a desert, and that combination makes fire one of the most serious hazards facing the people who live and work there. The United States maintains the only full-time…

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‘Very rare’ rescue as flight crew braves complete darkness in Antarctica to save American

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American flown to New Zealand hospital in rare midwinter Antarctic rescue mission

The sun last set at the geographic South Pole on 23 March and will not rise until 21 September.

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American rescued from Antarctic base in rare midwinter rescue

The sun last set at the geographic South Pole on March 23 and will not rise until September 21

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These nearly 125-year-old photographs are made of glass. They still survived 960 miles in Antarctica

Imagine not only walking 960 miles / 1540 km in Antarctica – but doing it carrying a camera and glass plate photos

The Economic Times

In 2025, scientists recorded a giant iceberg threatening an Antarctic penguin colony. Later it produced a heartbreaking environmental outcome

Giant iceberg threatens penguins: A grounded iceberg near Coulman Island caused a 69% drop in emperor penguin chick survival. The iceberg blocked the adults' usual route to the ocean for foraging. This extended journey delayed food deliveries to their hungry chicks. Researchers observed many adult penguins gathering on the iceberg's…

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