Scientists monitoring the giant A68a iceberg from space reveal that a huge amount of freshwater was released as it melted around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.

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The drifting giant A68 iceberg released billions of tons of fresh water in South Georgia ecosystem

Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research team has found the world’s largest fish breeding area known to date. A towed camera system photographed and filmed thousands of nests of icefish of the species Neopagetopsis ionah on the seabed.

Researchers detect around 60 million nests of Antarctic icefish in the Weddell Sea, Current Biology report.

A deep canyon at the front of the Vanderford Glacier in East Antarctica has been mapped for the first time by acousticians on board RSV Nuyina.

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Nuyina’s first discovery in Antarctica goes deep

The builders installed the supports of the future station and began assembling the base platform

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In Antarctica, they began to assemble a new wintering complex for the Vostok station

Ice cores, from Greenland and Antarctica, revealed several types of nanoplastics, including particles from tyres

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Discovery that nanoplastics have invaded both Arctic and Antarctica

For the first time since the start of the pandemic the coronavirus has reached an Argentine research base in Antarctica, causing the evacuation of nine unvaccinated staff who tested positive for Covi…

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Scientists are seeking to understand the fate of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier.

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More surprises await scientists at Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier"

A giant iceberg that detached from Antarctica in 2017 released the equivalent of 61 million Olympic-sized swimming pools of fresh water as it melted, according to research published Thursday, raising questions over the impact on the marine ecosystem.

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