Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...
As Midwinter Day comes to Antarctica –- the darkest day of the year –- those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the earliest days of ...
Novel findings from University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado, Boulder, thermochronologist Jeff Benowitz have shed light on the complex and enigmatic ...
Geologists from St. Petersburg State University, as part of an international scientific team, have analyzed rock data from ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning ...
A deep Antarctic drill recovers sediments dating back 23 million years, offering rare insight into how ice sheets respond to global warming.
In a turn of events that has left the scientific community in a state of shock and intrigue, the oldest human remains ever discovered have been unearthed from the frosty expanses of Antarctica. This ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University (THE CONVERSATION) As Midwinter Day approaches ...
An international team featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York has drilled the longest ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a record stretching back ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single ...