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Scientists Uncover a Frozen History in 6,000 Years' Worth of Penguin Poop, Revealing Past Ecology on Antarctica
Penguin poop is stinky but useful. In Antarctica, the birds’ nutrient-rich guano allows mosses and other organisms to ...
Satellites Capture the Hidden Forces Shaping the Sky Over Remote Volcanoes
Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past ...
The Conversation11d
DNA detectives in Antarctica: probing 6,000 years of penguin poo for clues to the past
Our new research opens a window on the past of Adélie penguins in Antarctica, going back 6,000 years. It also offers a surprise glimpse into the shrinking world of southern elephant seals over ...
World’s Largest, Oldest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Antarctic Island
A23a weighs nearly a trillion metric tons, making it the world’s largest active iceberg. It calved from Antarctica in 1986, ...
The Antarctic ozone hole is healing, thanks to global reduction of CFCs
A new MIT-led study confirms that the Antarctic ozone layer is healing, as a direct result of global efforts to reduce ...
Iceberg Grinds to a Stop off South Georgia Island
A, after years of drifting, now appears stuck near South Georgia Island. Once lodged in the Southern Weddell Sea for decades, ...
Phys.org21d
Mega-iceberg from Antarctica is headed toward South Georgia—here's what could happen
Elbertsen et al, Possible provenance of IRD by tracing late Eocene Antarctic iceberg melting using a high-resolution ocean model, Climate of the Past (2025). DOI: 10.5194/cp-21-441-2025 ...
Antarctic sea ice falls to near-record low as study reveals 'structural change'
Scientists have found it difficult to capture longer-term changes to Antarctic sea ice as satellite records date from 45 ...