Early last February, ANSMET returned home from a short but successful field season: we recovered 208 meteorites in just over two weeks in our first return to Antarctica since the […]
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Posted inAstrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Icy Worlds, Mars, Status Report
NASA Scientists Re-Create Mars ‘Spiders’ in a Lab for First Time
This image shows an experiment conducted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory re-creating the processes that form spider-like features on Mars called araneiform terrain. The experiment involves carbon dioxide gas settling […]
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Cryobiology, Icy Worlds, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Iceworld Update: New Project To Unlock Earth Life’s Secrets In Extreme Cold
Cambridge researchers are set to explore the uncharted depths of life in the extreme cold, with findings that could reshape our understanding of biology and pave the way for future […]
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Ice World Update: How Earth’s Record Breaking Intense Heat Wave Impacted Life In Antarctica
Summer 2024 is on track to be the hottest on record for hundreds of cities across the U.S. and globe. Even in Antarctica, during the peak of its winter, extreme […]
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Iceworld Update: Photosynthesis in Near Darkness
Photosynthesis can take place in nature even at extremely low light levels. This is the result of an international study that investigated the development of Arctic microalgae at the end […]
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Ice Planet Update: Mysterious Patterns Revealed Under An Antarctic Ice Shelf
An international research team deployed the uncrewed submersible ‘Ran’ underneath 350 m thick ice. They got back the very first detailed maps of the underside of a glacier, revealing clues […]
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Ice Planet Update: Digital Twin Of RRS Discovery Shows How Antarctic Research Began
A project led by the University of Southampton has created a ‘digital twin’ of RRS Discovery – the pioneering research vessel that first took explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest […]
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Cryobiology: How Viruses Affect Algal Blooms In Snow
NASA-supported scientists have reported how interactions between viruses and bacteria during algal blooms could affect snowmelt in polar and subpolar regions on Earth.
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Giant Viruses Have Been Found On Greenland’s Ice Sheet
Every spring when the sun rises in the Arctic after months of darkness, life returns. The polar bears pop up from their winter lairs, the arctic tern soar back from […]
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NSF Is Planning A Major Infrastructure Overhaul To Support Future Research At Earth’s South Pole
The U.S. National Science Foundation released the draft of its South Pole Station Master Plan (SPSMP), which will inform investments planned under the NSF Antarctic Infrastructure Recapitalization program and ensure […]