Antarctica

The World’s Most Powerful Water Flow Is Accelerating, and It Could Have Disastrous Consequences

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Scientists extracted a 5.3 million-year record of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by drilling sediment cores in the Earth’s most remote waters. Here, ...

World’s highest volcano spews £5,000 of GOLD every day despite being covered in ice – leaving scientists baffled – The Sun

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

THE WORLD’S highest volcano has been spewing gold dust worth a small fortune on a daily basis. Amongst plumes of gas, steam, ...

Antarctica’s Mount Erebus volcano emits real gold dust

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

The frozen continent of Antarctica is, paradoxically, a hotbed of volcanic activity. The ice-capped region is home to some 138 volcanoes nestled ...

Bird flu may have killed THOUSANDS of penguins in Antarctica: Researchers suspect outbreak of deadly H5N1 virus is behind deaths of around 530

Health
Sarah Carter

Bird flu may have killed thousands of penguins in Antarctica, researchers have said as they probe a suspected outbreak of the deadly ...

Scientists’ $50BILLION mission to stop ‘doomsday glacier’ in Antarctica from melting and unleashing havoc on the world

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

If Thwaites Glacier collapses, it could raise global sea level by as much as 10 feet Preventing warm water from melting it ...

Royal Navy sailors remove three TONNES of rubbish from a remote island in Antarctica (with the local Chinstrap penguins watching on!)

World
Emily Foster

The crew of the HMS Protector travelled to Brabant Island to remove rubbish The waste had been left behind by a previous ...

The Mysterious Disappearance of an Underwater Explorer in Antarctica

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

The AUV is programmed in advance and then sent out on long journeys under the glaciers of Antarctica. Credit: Anna Wåhlin The ...

Drone submarine worth £3m mysteriously VANISHES without a trace while searching depths of ‘Doomsday Glacier’

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

ONE of only three rare submarines in the world vanished during an underwater hunt at the “Doomsday Glacier” in Antarctica. The 23-ft ...

The Weirdest Reason the Poles Are Warming So Fast? Invisible Clouds

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

In the Arctic and Antarctica, PSCs appear anywhere between 15 and 25 kilometers (9.3 and 15.5 miles) in the sky during cold ...

Ozone Hole has been ‘remarkably massive’ over the past four years: Scientists warn gap over Antarctica is larger and deeper than ever

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

UN report this year claimed the ozone hole is on track to becoming mended But a study claims it’s still too large, ...