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‘Completely unexpected’: Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity
The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...
Near Antarctica, Saltier Seas Mean Less Ice, Study Finds
A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...
Strange radio waves detected beneath Antarctica's ice, scientists still searching for the source
Researchers in Antarctica detected unusual radio signals emanating from beneath the ice during the ANITA experiment, designed ...
Mysterious Radio Signal Rising From Antarctica's Ice Baffles Scientists
Mysterious radio signals detected emanating from Antarctica's ice have left particle physicists baffled. The pulses were ...
Mysterious pulses buzzing beneath Antarctica? What is happening inside the Earth?
In Antarctica, scientists using the ANITA experiment detected unusual radio signals emanating from within the Earth, defying ...
Impossible signal from deep beneath Antarctic ice baffles physicists
A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of ...
Mystery signals detected in Antarctica evoke hope of finding new particles: Report
The ANITA experiment has found anomalous radio signals above Antarctica, prompting new investigations into mysterious ...
Strange, unexplained signals detected from Antarctic ice: Here’s what scientists say
A team of researchers trying to locate neutrinos in the Antarctic stumbled upon unusual radio signals coming from below the ...
Latest data from South Pole Telescope signal 'new era' for measuring the first light in the universe
The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...
At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long history of dark behavior
Antarctica is a harsh continent, which in both history and fiction can trigger disturbing behavior and even madness.
Physicists can’t explain mysterious radio wave emissions in Antarctica
ANITA was placed in Antarctica because there is little chance of interference from other signals. To capture the emission ...