That expedition again left the vehicle abandoned on the frozen continent. The next US expedition to locate the Antarctic Snow Cruiser took place in 1958. By then, the vehicle was almost completely ...
But, now that its data has been analyzed, an even more worrisome showing temperature rises in one of the largest Antarctic ice shelves. “While the temperature increase - four-thousandths of a ...
THE emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri Gray) breeds only around the coastline of Antarctica. Many decades elapsed between the time when the birds were first seen and the discovery of a breeding ...
Macrograph of an approximately 70 µm amber extracted from the lignite in the sediments of the MeBo core PS104_20-2 9R. A new discovery has closed a significant gap in the global map of amber ...
A new discovery has closed a significant gap in the global map of amber finds: for the first time, amber has been unearthed in Antarctica. This discovery, led by scientists from the Alfred Wegener ...
Today, Antarctica is a huge frozen continent, though it was once temperate enough to be covered in swampy forests. Now, a team of scientists has discovered fossilized tree resin—amber—on the ...
Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. Researchers have now made the southernmost discovery of amber in the world. Roughly 90 ...
An emperor penguin that appeared on an Australian beach journeyed over 2,000 miles from its native Antarctica in what could be the first appearance of the species on the continent. The penguin ...
More information: Johann P. Klages et al, First discovery of Antarctic amber, Antarctic Science (2024). DOI: 10.1017/S0954102024000208 Journal information: Nature ...
For more than six decades, Antarctica and its resources have stood as a symbol of peace and cooperation. This vast wilderness, untouched by war and unspoiled by human hands, has been a sanctuary for ...