Crowds watched Discovery launch in Dundee on March 21 1901. Now, 125 years on, a £10m restoration is securing the future of Captain Scott's famous ship ... .
Unusually strong winds and warm ocean water likely drove a rapid plunge in Antarctic sea ice in recent years, scientists said on Wednesday, shedding new light on a puzzling event ... .
Antarctic sea ice plays a crucial role in the ecosystem and physical environment of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean... This natural protection contributed to long-term growth in Antarctic Sea ice until 2015.
It drains a huge area of the WestAntarctic Ice Sheet and outlets into the Amundsen Sea... For context, the Antarctic ice sheet has been losing roughly 135–150 gigatonnes of ice per year over the past two decades.