Antarctica

A massive iceberg in Antarctica named A81, bigger than the city of Los Angeles, recently made headlines for its mind-blowing size. The iceberg was birthed from the Brunt Ice Shelf on January 22, 2023, after a gigantic chasm finally snapped...

The frozen frontier of Antarctica is fast losing its icy grip. The southern continent has witnessed a dramatic decline in sea-ice coverage, with satellite measurements revealing a record low since the late 1970s. Unusual weather patterns and warmer air and...

Recent excavations in Antarctica have yielded not just one of the world's biggest meteorites. The melon-sized rock weighs a staggering 16.7 pounds. It's thrilling to discover any meteorite, but finding one this large is quite unusual. Scientists also discovered four...

Researchers have discovered an under-ice river beneath Antarctica approximately three hundred miles long covering an area the size of France and Germany combined. During a series of aerial surveys using an ice-penetrating radar mounted on aircraft, researchers identified the river’s...

Both of Earth's poles are experiencing unprecedented heatwaves and climate scientists around the world warn that the alarming events are a sign of the devastating effects of climate change. Antarctica, which is usually cooling down at this time of year,...

The Endurance, one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks, was found over the weekend at the bottom of the Weddell Sea off Antarctica -- 107 years after it sank. The vessel of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton was crushed by sea...

Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, referred to now as the "Doomsday" glacier, may melt in three years, causing sea levels to rise dramatically. Experts warned at a press briefing on December 13 that the large glacier -- which is roughly the size...

The hole in the ozone layer that reemerges with the changing of the seasons has now grown larger than the size of Antarctica. Scientists from the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service announced on Thursday that the hole has grown...

A Greek geologist participates in the organized NASA eight-member mission to conduct meteorite research in Antarctica. Yiannis Baziotis, an Assistant Professor at the University of Athens will remain in McMurdo's base, in icy cold continent until January 2018. He shares his...

Since its founding, Christianity has managed to spread to the whole world, from the biggest cities of the world to the vast jungles of Africa. Christians worship God everywhere, from huge cathedrals to remote, small churches on mountain tops...