February 7, 2012
CryoScoop: Two-decade Antarctic drilling effort complete
Valery Lukin, director of the Russian Antarctic program, confirmed today that a team of Russian scientists has completed an Antarctic drilling …
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February 6, 2012
Unearthing Antarctica's mysterious mountains
In 1958, geologists discovered a mountain range buried more than a kilometer beneath the East Antarctica Ice Sheet. For more than half a century, …
January 5, 2012
Student scientists cast a long shadow
Last December, in the enormous, fluorescent-lit hall of San Francisco’s Moscone Center South, thousands of geophysicists and geologists milled …
January 5, 2012
People of the Ice
“We do not come to Antarctica because we are in love with Antarctica. We come to Antarctica because we want a mystery to solve, and we love a …
January 5, 2012
Montreal Protocol affects more than just ozone
In 1987, nearly 200 nations signed the Montreal Protocol to restrict the use of ozone-depleting chemicals. The international treaty helped keep …
January 5, 2012
Glacier moves in fits and starts
The Whillans Ice Stream — an Antarctic glacier that covers an area slightly smaller than the state of New Jersey — flows from the interior of the …
January 5, 2012
CryoScoop: Massive rift portends Antarctic berg
Researchers flying over West Antarctica last month were at the right place at the right time, spotting an actively growing rift that they expect …
January 5, 2012
CryoScoop: Green Light to McMurdo
Polar scientists breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as the good news reached inboxes: Icebreaking capability was restored to McMurdo Station, …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: Yellow submarine robot debuts at AGU meeting
It doesn’t look like a typical robot. About half a meter across and 9 meters long, a new, super-high-tech submarine ROV, unveiled Tuesday in San …