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Explorers discover unknown Antarctic island long marked as 'danger zone' on maps

A previously unidentified island in Antarctica's Weddell Sea has been discovered by researchers, after what was marked as a hazard turned out to be rock, not ice.

Researchers discover Antarctic island usually hidden by ice

University of Otago biological oceanographer Associate Prof Linn Hoffmann (left) prepares drill holes in the ice to collect water samples from the Weddell Sea. PHOTOS: M WIETZ/CHRI...

Mapping the Arctic Explorations of Sir John Ross

John Ross, a British naval officer led three Arctic expeditions. In 1818 and 1829, he led expeditions to find the Northwest Passage. In 1850, he led a rescue mission to find surviv...

Mapping the Jet Stream

Ever since Cameron Beccario’s Earth.nullschool.net animated wind map was first released back in 2014 the 'particle flow map' aesthetic has become the gold standard for met...

The First Systematic Survey Meets Modern DEM

Mapterhorn is an open-source terrain data pipeline. Its core idea is deceptively simple: take the best available open elevation datasets from around the world, normalize them, and...

The Politics of a Subsea Data Cable Link to Antarctica

Antarctica is the only continent without a fiber-optic connection.The technology required to get one there is available, but the creation of such infrastructure raises geopolitical...

'Interstellar glaciers': NASA's SPHEREx maps vast galactic ice regions

NASA's SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission has mapped interstellar ice at an unprecedented scale. Coverin...

Hidden ocean heat is creeping toward Antarctica’s fragile ice shelves

Deep beneath the Southern Ocean, a quiet but alarming shift is underway: warm water is creeping closer to Antarctica, and scientists are now seeing it clearly for the first time. B...

Drones Scanning Earth's Glaciers Are Paving the Way for Future Mars Helicopters

Mars has lots of glaciers located along its mid-latitudes. We’ve known this for years thanks to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s (MRO’s) SHARAD sounder. But, despite all of the ex...

New eruption discovered in the Bismarck Sea

It's a truism among oceanographers that there is more accurate mapping of the surface of the moon and Mars than of the deep-ocean floor. That's especially true for the Bismarck Sea...

How Autonomous Robotic Monitoring Solved the Antarctic Sea Ice Collapse and Ocean Stratification Mystery

Antarctic Sea Ice Collapse: How autonomous robotic monitoring exposes the breakdown of ocean stratification and the hidden drivers behind the 2015 polar shift

What’s really being hidden beneath Antarctica?

Much has already been said about the strange and unexplained activity surrounding the frozen continent. In a recent discussion, Redacted revisits several of these mysteries and rai...

Drilling Into the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica

Ten people. Eight weeks. Three thousand feet to pierce a fast-melting Antarctic glacier.

Unusually Warm Water Detected Creeping Toward Antarctica – and Scientists Are Alarmed

Warm, deep water is shifting closer to Antarctica, threatening ice shelves and altering global ocean circulation, with implications for sea level and climate. A long-term analysis...

Drone radar reveals buried glaciers on Earth, guiding the search for water on Mars

Understanding how to explore hidden glaciers on Mars begins not in a laboratory, but in remote field camps across Alaska and Wyoming.

NOAA Purchases New Uncrewed Systems To Map US Waters

NOAA has announced the purchase of new uncrewed vessels that will be used with the agency's latest charting and mapping ships.

Hidden Warm Water Beneath Antarctica Could Rapidly Raise Global Sea Levels

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized. Global sea levels could rise faster than scientists once predicte...

Data Fusion Provides a High-Definition Look At Mars' Temperature Maps

In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) is our best bet for “living off the land” for a future Martian base, but tracking down those resources is no easy task. As of now, we have two o...

The Ocean Current Stronger Than All Rivers Changed Earth Forever

A vast ocean current encircling Antarctica—more powerful than all the world’s rivers combined—played a surprisingly complex role in shaping Earth’s climate. The Antarctic Circumpol...

Barents Sea vortexes' first map can improve climate forecasts — scientists

According to the scientists, marine vortices in shallow waters of the northwestern Barents Sea mix water intensively, raising warm and salty Atlantic waters to the surface, acceler...

Why Antarctic Sea Ice Suddenly Collapsed After Decades of Growth

Antarctic sea ice decline in 2015 was caused by weakening ocean stratification and strong storms that mixed warm deep water upward, melting ice quickly. Antarctic sea ice is vital...

NASA captures a sea of spinning clouds over Antarctica’s remote volcanic island

Russische Forscher korrigieren Karte der Antarktis: Fels wird zur Oase

Was lange als isolierter Fels in der Westantarktis galt, ist in Wirklichkeit eine vollständige antarktische Oase mit Seen, Pinguinen und Robben.

Data fusion provides a high-definition look at Mars' temperature maps

In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) is our best bet for "living off the land" for a future Martian base, but tracking down those resources is no easy task. As of now, we have two o...