Antarctica froze 25 million years before the Arctic, and scientists now think the answer was hidden beneath the continent

For a long time, the story seemed straightforward. As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels fell and the planet cooled, large ice ...

An 'unremarkable' fossil found in Antarctica 40 years ago is the continent's first dinosaur bone

More than 40 years after it was collected, an Antarctic fossil has been recognized as a far more consequential discovery than anyone first realized, according to Sci.News. The bone is now considered ...

Antarctica Froze Millions of Years Before the Arctic. We May Finally Know Why

Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It would take another ...
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Ancient Mantle Waves Inside Earth May Have Lifted Antarctica's Mountains Before It Froze Over

Learn how slow-moving mantle waves inside Earth may have lifted Antarctica’s ancient mountains, creating cold highlands where ...

Earth’s hidden eighth continent is no longer lost

We’ve finally mapped all of Zealandia.

Why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 ...