Antarctica
The latest news on Antarctica
WASHINGTON (AP) — Antarctica's massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a new study finds. That suggests that future sea levels could rise faster than many scientists have been predicting.
Russian team trying to uncover Antarctica's Lake Vostok 'Doing something that has never been done before.'
Scientists were seeking to uncover long-buried lake deep beneath ice sheet.
Release of extra iron boosts carbon dioxide uptake by plankton.
Cold temperatures have preserved rugged Antarctic range.
Scientists track seal predation behavior through the dark of Antarctica.
Instruments on a massive berg help pinpoint previously unreported undersea ridge.
Last year beat out the previous record in 2002 by one-tenth of a degree centigrade.
The amount of Antarctic ice that survives the summer has declined dramatically over the last decade.
New models suggest the Arctic Ocean may be nearly ice-free in the summertime by 2014.
