Scientists were again baffled in 2016 and 2017 when the polynya reappeared because of its vast size and distance from the coast - setting them on a hunt to uncover what was forming the hole.
Scientists have solved the mystery behind the appearance of an Antarctic hole twice the size of Wales. The rare opening in the sea ice puzzled researchers when it occurred during the winters of ...
Scientists have unraveled the causes of a strange phenomenon in Antarctica: a massive hole in the sea ice, as large as Switzerland, that forms intermittently. This hole, known as the Maud Rise polynya ...
With the rock underneath dissolved away, underground caverns are left underneath the surface. When the weakened surface ...
Our special report offers a rare look at life beneath the frozen continent—where penguins, seals, and exotic creatures thrive. Tendrils of ice-covered brine, or brinicles, leak from sea ice near ...
Researchers have found giant viruses on Greenland's ice that might control the darkening and melting of Arctic ice by ...
The European Space agency Copernicus Sentinel satellite detected a giant hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, as part of the EU's Environmental monitoring program. The hole which scientists ...
Bad weather and other logistical problems delayed the TIME and GHOST teams getting into the field by a couple of weeks, and by mid-December, most researchers had made it to a camp called West ...
Scientists investigate rapid Antarctic ice loss since 2016, attributed to warming and wind changes. The impact on global warming, ecosystem, and ice stability raises concerns. Uncertainty persists ...
The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is one of the ocean's biggest mysteries. There are no photographs and no footage of a living colossal squid in its natural habitat. What we do know ...