Coming across a hole in the Antarctic that is larger than Maryland might well be cause for concern. In 2016 and 2017, ...

A mysterious hole in Antarctica has sparked a frenzy of speculation ranging from a top-secret military base to an ancient civilisation. The origin of the bizarre entrance in Antarctica remains ...

Scientists have unraveled the mystery of how a giant hole in Antarctica's sea ice formed in 2016 and 2017. A combination of water currents, wind and salt caused the ice to melt hundreds of miles away.

Scientists have solved part of a longstanding mystery on how a gigantic hole in Antarctica's sea ice formed. Scientists first discovered the mysterious hole, known as a polynya, in the 1970s.

In 2017, we used a hot-water jet, modeled on a British Antarctic Survey design, to drill through 350 meters of ice to the ocean below.We were able to keep the hole liquid long enough to make ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

Before the hole froze shut, the team also measured the water chemistry in the lake and geothermal heat flowing up through the sediments. Sample boxes accumulated in a cave dug out of the snow on ...

The Antarctic ozone hole usually starts forming in early August, but rare warming events and a strangely elongated polar vortex this year may have delayed its arrival.

The hole in the ozone layer has made an unwelcome comeback. First spotted in the 1980s, the ozone hole over Antarctica caused concern due to the perceived risk it could cause an increase in skin ...

A render of the ozone hole over Antarctica in 2023. (Supplied: Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service)They calculated the ozone around the hole's core dropped by more than 26 per cent since 2004.