On Thursday, December 5, a new edition of the Night of the Provincial Houses was celebrated. In this edition, the House of the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands presents the thematic axis "Tierra del...
As glaciers shrink and temperatures rise, plant life finds more opportunities to move to cold climate regions. The expansion of vegetation in the Antarctic Peninsula may indicate a change in its ecology, according to researchers, raising questions about its...
The melting of the glaciers in Antarctica is revealing secrets from the past and bringing to the surface new marine creatures that had never been seen before.
A team of researchers, led by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS),...
The strong warning from a group of scientists has generated a real environmental alarm in Antarctica. If the estimates are met, a catastrophe will occur: the sea level could rise by 50 meters.
Due to its geographical position, the white...
A recent study published in Science Advances reveals that the melting of the Antarctic ice shelves, especially the Ross Ice Shelf, is accelerating due to the impact of ocean warming.
This phenomenon could significantly contribute to sea level rise, caused...
The world's largest animal, the **blue whale** (*Balaenoptera musculus*), forms a single large **circumpolar population in Antarctica** and is not dispersed in various communities.
This conclusion is based on the latest **assessment of Antarctic blue whales** in 2004 and on...
At the end of 2016, scientists detected a crack in the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula, which led to the detachment of iceberg A-68 in July 2017.
This iceberg, with more than double the size of Luxembourg...
A vital glacier in western Antarctica seems to be smoking according to satellite views from NASA earlier this month.
The so-called “sea smoke” is actually not smoke but fog, and it appears as fluffy white swirls over the dark water...
