Antarctica

Icebergs and ice sheets can be seen ahead of the bow of an ice-breaker vessel

Scientists have detected a 30 per cent slowdown of the deep ocean currents that form in Antarctica, with profound consequences for Earth’s climate, sea level and marine life.

penguins on macquarie island

Macquarie Island is a globally unique home to dozens of bird and marine mammal species, hence the government’s plans to give it greater protection.

Artist's depiction of the Mars Rover on the surface of Mars

New research published today in Nature Communications suggests the rovers’ current equipment might not actually be up to the task of finding evidence of life.

Dr Meganne Christian parabolic flight

The sky has proven to not be the limit for the UNSW Engineering alumna, who is poised to become the first Australian woman in space.

Paradise Bay, Antarctica

New modelling shows the Southern Ocean to have absorbed the majority of excess greenhouse-related warming due its unique geographic properties.

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The future of the world’s largest ice sheet and rising sea levels depend on urgent action on global warming, study finds.

A chunk of the Antarctic ice sheet breaks off into the freezing water below

Patterns of rapid ice loss in the past could predict style of future Antarctic ice sheet retreat.

Robinson Ridge in the east Antarctic

UNSW researchers have found their previous discovery of bacteria living on air in Antarctica is likely a process that occurs globally, further supporting the potential existence of microbial life on alien planets.

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