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Antarctica

The first six women to reach the South Pole stand at the site in 1969
Posted inOpinions

Overcoming Ice and Stereotypes at the Bottom of the World

by K. Peggau 5 September 20198 October 2021

The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first all-women research team in Antarctica.

Tabular iceberg in the Weddell Sea
Posted inEditors' Vox

Science in a Frozen Ocean

by M. Vernet, M. Hoppema and W. Geibert 26 July 201912 January 2022

It’s notoriously difficult to access, but new technologies, international collaboration, regional models, and interdisciplinary approaches are improving understanding of the Weddell Gyre.

The International Ocean Discovery Program’s JOIDES Resolution sits in port in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, at the end of IODP Expedition 318 in 2010.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

An Integrated History of the Australian-Antarctic Basin

by Terri Cook 15 July 201929 June 2022

The first basin-wide compilation of seismic and geologic data shows that both margins experienced similar sedimentation patterns prior to the onset of Antarctic glaciation.

Figure showing changes in ocean surface temperature as a large iceberg and several small icebergs break off an ice shelf
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Creating Icebergs in Ocean Models Coupled to Ice Shelves

by L. Padman 6 June 201923 March 2023

Modeling icebergs as Lagrangian elements held together by numerical bonds provides insights into coupled exchanges of heat, freshwater, and momentum between large icebergs and the ocean.

The Polar 6 research airplane in Antarctica
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Missing Lakes Under Antarctic Ice Sheets

by E. Underwood 4 June 201928 July 2022

New radio sounding study finds little evidence of lakes under Antarctica’s Recovery Glacier.

Black-and-white photo of unsmiling white explorers at the South Pole
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Podcast: A Tale of Two Journeys

by Lauren Lipuma 20 May 201920 April 2022

In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun tells the story of two parties journeying to the South Pole in 1911 and the extraordinary impact that weather had on their travels.

Aerial photo of an ice shelf projecting into the sea
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Warm Water Is Rapidly Eroding Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 7 May 201917 March 2023

The underside of the world’s largest ice shelf is melting—by meters per year in some places—because of the seasonal inflow of water heated by the Sun, observations of the White Continent reveal. 

Scientists collect water samples in Antarctica.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Antarctica’s Seasonal Streams Contribute Iron to the Ross Sea

by Terri Cook 22 April 201925 August 2022

Analysis of nutrient concentrations in four streams that discharge to the Southern Ocean indicates they are important sources of iron and phosphorous for coastal phytoplankton communities.

Unusual clouds over South Georgia Island
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Atmospheric Gravity Wave Science in the Polar Regions

by T. Moffat-Griffin, M. Taylor, T. Nakamura, D. Murphy, J. V. Bageston and G. Jee 17 April 201929 March 2022

A joint special issue explores the potential of collaboration to help understand atmospheric gravity waves in the Polar Regions and their effect on global circulation.

The Getz Ice Shelf in Antarctica
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Very Warm Water Observed Along West Antarctic Ice Shelf

by Terri Cook 11 April 201911 January 2022

Two years of mooring observations at the edge of the continental shelf show that wind stress and upwelling control the inflow of some of the warmest water observed at an ice shelf front in Antarctica.

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