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 ...

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 ...

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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Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil sat unnoticed for 40 years before a scientist spotted it

The marine rock around the fossil also suggests the animal likely ended up at sea after it died.

Opinion | If Musk really wants to colonize Mars, he should start with Antarctica

"Intensive scientific exploration of Antarctica has been underway for about 70 years and it is still the only continent on ...

Scientists Found a Continent-Sized Geological Structure Hiding Beneath Antarctica

A team led by a geophysicist in Italy now believes that about 90% of Earth’s fresh water ice may not be on solid ground after ...
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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 ...
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Why Antarctica Froze 25 Million Years Before the Arctic Even Though They’re Both at the Poles

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 metres, were it to fully melt. Yet it has puzzled scientists for decades how and why this ...

Scientists uncover why Antarctica became engulfed by ice millions of years before the Arctic

Scientists have uncovered why Antarctica became engulfed by ice millions of years before the Arctic. The international ...

First-ever dinosaur bone from Antarctica had been sitting in a drawer for decades

A fossil that was sitting in a collection drawer for decades has been found to belong to the first dinosaur remains ever ...