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Antarctica’s pink granite hides a 60‑mile‑wide stone giant revealed

Far beneath the creaking surface of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, scientists have uncovered a granite body roughly 60 miles ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Penguins That Thrive—and the Ones Left Behind—as Antarctica Warms

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...
The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Space exploration in the backyard, on a budget – how NASA simulates conditions in space without blasting off

Analog missions are designed to simulate the crew’s experience in a given mission plan. In some cases, they simulate surface ...

Beneath Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, a hidden ocean is revealing its secrets

A four-year record from the heart of the Ross Ice Shelf shows how subtle changes could shape future sea level rise, ocean ...
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Scripps Scientists in Antarctica Studying Retreating Glaciers, Cancer-Fighting Microbes and More

Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at the bottom of the ...

Skies Clear, and a New Outpost Springs Up at the Bottom of the World

Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge ...
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Millennia-hidden stone giant emerges as pink granite boulders surface in Antarctica

Pink granite boulders perched high on West Antarctica's dark volcanic peaks have puzzled geologists for decades. Their ...

Which Continent Is Known As the Continent of Science?

Antarctica is known as the ‘Continent of Science. This is due to its dedication to peaceful scientific research and ...

Q&A: An ice core library in Antarctica may save humanity's climate memory

On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the coolest library on Earth was inaugurated at the Concordia station, Antarctica. Samples ...
Greek Reporter

Hidden World Under Antarctica’s Ice Finally Revealed

A new map reveals the hidden world beneath Antarctica's ice in unprecedented detail, offering insights into future glacier ...
Greek Reporter

landscape beneath Antarctica's ice

A new map is offering the most detailed look yet at the terrain hidden beneath Antarctica's thick ice sheet, giving scientists a clearer understanding of the continent's geology and how it might ...