antarctic

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The Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have both lost considerable mass, and the annual average extent of Arctic sea ice in 2025 was the lowest or second-lowest ever recorded in the satellite era.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Even though Antarctic waters are dark for months at a time, the Southern Ocean supports abundant phytoplankton growth.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

Ice plains have been identified beneath many other Antarctic glaciers.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

The research, published in the scientific journal Communications Earth & Environment, provides evidence about the impacts of the collapse in Antarctic summer sea ice in 2022-24 which the BBC reported on here.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

But, after all, they were in the Antarctic, not Hyde Park in London.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong