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News Articles: Antarctica

This is the first confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, <em>Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni</em>, in its natural habitat. The team on Schmidt Ocean Institute's Research Vessel Falkor captured footage of the nearly one foot squid at a depth of 1,968 feet, using their remotely operated vehicle "SuBastian" on March 9, during an Ocean Census flagship expedition searching for new marine life.

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A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time

Colossal squid are known to be elusive and likely avoid the bright and loud research equipment used underwater.

April 15, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
A screenshot of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's satellite system, which monitored iceberg A23a in February as it drifted around the Weddell Sea near the Antarctic Peninsula.

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The world's largest iceberg is stuck twirling in an ocean vortex

Iceberg A23a — equivalent to the size of Rhode Island — has been near the South Orkney Islands since January, completing one full rotation every 24 days or so.

August 12, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Sir Ernest Shackleton is shown as he arrived in New York on the Aquitania on a hurried business trip to Canada in January 1921. The wreck of the last ship belonging to the famed explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

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  • History

Wreck of famed explorer Shackleton's last ship has been found off the coast of Canada

The explorer led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and he was in the early stages of a fourth when he died of a heart attack aboard the Quest near the Falkland Islands.

June 13, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is seen in this undated image from NASA. Areas of the glacier may be undergoing "vigorous melting" from warm ocean water caused by climate change, researchers say.

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  • Climate

New research on Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier could reshape sea-level rise predictions

At 80 miles across, Thwaites is the world's widest glacier. It has been nicknamed the "Doomsday Glacier" for the catastrophic effects its thawing could have on global sea-level rise.

May 21, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
At its most expansive, Antarctic sea ice covers an area the size of Antarctica itself, doubling the size of the frozen continent. But the winter sea ice has been shrinking, and this year there was less ice than ever before, going back to when satellites started tracking annual ice extent around 1980.

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  • Climate

Antarctica is melting and we all need to adapt, a trio of climate analyses show

West Antarctica is headed for decades of rapid melting no matter how quickly humans cut greenhouse gas emissions, and 2023 shattered records for missing sea ice around the continent.

October 27, 2023
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  • Rebecca Hersher
In this undated photo provided by the Australian Antarctic Division, Casey research station is photographed from the air.

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  • World

An Australian who fell ill at a remote Antarctic base is rescued, authorities say

The man who fell ill is expected to arrive in Australia next week. Until then, he will be cared for in an icebreaker's specially equipped medical facility.

September 05, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Young and old sea ice floats off the coast of Antarctica.

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  • Climate

Antarctica has a lot less sea ice than usual. That's bad news for all of us

It's the middle of the winter in Antarctica, when the ocean around the continent freezes. But this year there's less sea ice than ever recorded.

August 04, 2023
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Galveston, Texas, has some of the fastest sea level rise in the world. To protect the city, engineers need to know how fast ice in West Antarctica will melt.

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  • Climate

How disappearing ice in Antarctica threatens the U.S.

Galveston, Texas, has some of the fastest sea level rise in the world. To protect the city, engineers need to know how fast ice in West Antarctica will melt. Scientists are racing to figure it out.

April 17, 2023
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  • Rebecca Hersher
A view of the glaciers and mountains from the Gerlache Strait on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2022.

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  • Climate

See the ties that bind Antarctica and Louisiana through one photographer's lens

WAMU Visuals Editor Tyrone Turner pairs images to capture the connection he felt to his birthplace — the coastal regions of southeastern Louisiana — while visiting the western coast of Antarctica.

November 17, 2022
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  • Tyrone Turner
Flooding in Ocean City, N.J. in October 2020. Thousands of coastal cities around the world are already dealing with rising sea levels, and face catastrophic sea level rise if global warming triggers runaway ice melt.

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  • Climate

Humans must limit warming to avoid climate tipping points, new study finds

The Earth has already warmed more than 1 degree Celsius. New research suggests that above 1.5 degrees, massive ice melt, ocean current disruptions and coral die-offs are likely.

September 08, 2022
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  • Rebecca Hersher
This satellite image shows the main piece of C-37 close to Bowman Island. Scientists are concerned because an ice shelf the size of New York City collapsed in East Antarctica, an area that had long been thought to be stable.

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  • Climate

A previously stable ice shelf, the size of New York City, collapses in Antarctica

The collapse, captured by satellite images, occurred in East Antarctica — an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, scientists say.

March 25, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The Endurance was located by an expedition this week, 106 years after it sank into the Weddell Sea.

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  • Science

Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, lost since 1915, is found off Antarctica

An expedition went where few have ever gone to locate the remnants of a ship that became trapped in the ice 106 years ago, dashing the famed explorer's ambitious mission to cross Antarctica.

March 10, 2022
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Tourists visit the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica in 2019. A new study suggests that tourism and research activity in the most heavily trafficked part of the continent are leading to significantly more snow melt.

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  • Climate

Soot is accelerating snow melt in popular parts of Antarctica, a study finds

Arctic communities have long been plagued by soot that drives snow melt and respiratory disease. Now, humans are making their mark in Antarctica.

February 22, 2022
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  • Rebecca Hersher
A frozen section of the Ross Sea at Scott Base in Antarctica on Nov. 12, 2016. Britain's Preet Chandi made history by trekking 700 miles from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole in an unsupported expedition.

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  • World

Preet Chandi is the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition in Antarctica

Chandi skied 700 miles to the South Pole in just 40 days. The British Sikh army officer aims to inspire others to push boundaries and is also raising funds to start an adventure grant for women.

January 04, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
The adventurous Adélie penguin is seen on the coast of Banks Peninsula in New Zealand on Friday after travelling from its natural habitat in Antarctica.

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  • Animals

An Antarctic penguin ends up on New Zealand shore, 3,100 miles from home

This penguin's adventure might have taken a few wrong turns. It's only the third time an Adélie penguin is known to have made it to the shores of New Zealand.

November 13, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
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