Antarctic

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.

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How NSF hopes to keep Antarctic scientists afloat without an icebreaker

Antarctic ice reveals two volcanoes erupting simultaneously may have caused 15th-century cooling

Krill in the Antarctic: Scientific data directly from krill fishing vessels - EurekAlert!

Compound from Antarctic microorganism can be used to produce food, cosmetics, and medicine - EurekAlert!

What we know and what we need to know about Antarctic marine viruses - EurekAlert!

Researchers find key to Antarctic ice loss blowing in the north wind - EurekAlert!

Harassment at Antarctic research bases could spell problems for moon, Mars outposts

Lost researcher's remains found on Antarctic glacier after 66 years

Space psychologists are watching closely as allegations of violence at an Antarctic base highlight the limits in psychological screening for long-duration missions. “These tests mostly try to select people out—but they are not great at selecting people in. The human psyche is too complex for that.”

Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool - EurekAlert!

Scientists publish the most detailed map to date of the Antarctic’s submarine canyons - EurekAlert!

Scientists recover ancient Antarctic ice . May hold climate secrets from 1.5 million years ago

Shrinking Antarctic sea ice is warming the ocean faster than expected

Novel modelling links sea ice loss to Antarctic ice shelf calving events - EurekAlert!

Montana State geologist’s Antarctic research focuses on accumulations of rare earth elements - EurekAlert!

Antarctic ice has grown again – but this does not buck overall melt trend

How life endured the Snowball Earth: Evidence from Antarctic meltwater ponds

Krill fishing in the Antarctic: overlaps with consequences - EurekAlert!

Impossible signal from deep beneath Antarctic ice baffles physicists

Penguin poop gives Antarctic cloud formation a boost