Dec
06
2020
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Melting Glaciers Release Much More Nutrients than Previously Thought
Researchers have found that water from melting glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica contains many high levels of trace element nutrients than is contained in typical rivers. This study found that the nutrient-rich meltwaters from ice sheets and glacial waters might have a much more significant effect on ocean productivity and ecosystems.
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Dec
03
2020
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Antarctic Artists And Writers Collective Launches New Website
A group of past participants in NSF's Artists and Writers Program has officially organized as the Antarctic Artists and Writers Collective (AAWC). Since the early 1980s, many artists, performers, and writers have traveled Antarctica, using their talents to tell the story of the continent through art, music, writing, and performance.
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Dec
01
2020
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Antarctica Day 2020
After six decades, today we celebrate this day of international cooperation - Antarctica Day. Antarctica Day commemorates the signing of the #Antarctic Treaty on Dec. 1, 1959. The Treaty sets aside the continent "forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes... in the interests of all mankind."
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Nov
22
2020
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The Antarctica Week Festival 2020 Starts November 20th
International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) participants share their experiences living and working in Antarctica! Talks are targeted towards school-aged kids from ages 5 - 12+.
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Nov
20
2020
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The Infamy Of The Skua
Like clockwork in late November, the residents of McMurdo Station look to the sky and spot something that many haven't seen in monthsâbirds. The arrival of these feathered creatures is greeted by many with curiosity and anticipation, but also with some suspicion. The audacious Stercorariidae maccormicki, or south polar skua, has an infamous reputation that precedes it.
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Nov
18
2020
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November 18th is Polar Pride Day
Whether you're a scientist, policy-maker, lawyer, contractor - however you may be involved, Polar Pride aims to celebrate and support the diversity of everyone involved in polar affairs! Coinciding with international LGBTQ+ in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Day, let's all recognize this important day.
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Nov
16
2020
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Seal Pupping Season is Underway
Despite a reduced research team and logistical challenges this season, the #NSFfunded Weddell seal research team from Montana State University continues its seal population study in the Erebus Bay region of Antarctica's Ross Sea. This population of seals is the most southerly breeding population of mammal in the world and has been intensely studied since 1968.
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Nov
12
2020
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Yellow Light, Green Light
As people continue to arrive at the USAP stations after going through long periods of testing and quarantine, the station communities go into a 'yellow' level status to ensure the safety of everyone as COVID continues to spread in other parts of the world. McMurdo Station gets a brief 'green light' respite this weekend.
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Nov
10
2020
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Award-winning Reporting About Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier
Environmental correspondent Carolyn Beeler, a media participant on the 2019 International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) cruise, has been awarded two Edward R. Murrow awards for her reporting - best News Documentary and best Feature Reporting.
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Nov
04
2020
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Using Autonomous Drones to Survey Penguin Colonies
How do you survey thousands of penguins in a matter of hours? Researchers at Stanford University and Point Blue Conservation Science created a new multi-drone imaging system that uses an algorithm for conducting aerial surveys over large penguin colonies.
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Nov
03
2020
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PODCAST: The USAP Search and Rescue Team
If there's an emergency, the U.S. Antarctic Program's Search and Rescue Team is always ready to jump to action and save anyone in distress anywhere in Antarctica. Listen to this podcast and others in the Antarctic Sun, the online news site of the NSF-managed U.S. Antarctic Program.
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Oct
29
2020
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Learning About Climate Change and Ice Sheet Melting From Ocean Sediments
About 18,000 years ago the world's carbon dioxide levels increased leading to melting of ice sheets. NSF-funded scientists published a new study on the melting of the now-extinct Cordilleran ice sheet, giving insight into what may happen to the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets in the face of current climate change.
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Oct
08
2020
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Weisen Shen, NSF-funded Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University, Awarded the AGU Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award
The Keiiti Aki Early Career Award is presented annually to an outstanding early career seismologist in recognition of their scientific accomplishments in the field of seismology. Shen's research interests are in the areas of seismic tomography and structure of the earthâs lithosphere.
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The Next U.S. Deep Ice Core Drilling at Hercules Dome
Icy Inverts
