Former Google CEO Will Fund Boat Drones to Explore Rough Antarctic Waters
A $45 million Schmidt Sciences initiative will deploy drone boats around Antarctica to gather data aimed at improving understanding of the Southern Ocean's carbon uptake.
Scientists Respond to the Planned Termination of the Only U.S. Antarctic Research Vessel
Ending the Nathaniel B. Palmer's lease would eliminate the only U.S. icebreaking research vessel crucial for Antarctic sea-ice, biological, chemical, and geological studies.
Crumbling shells, melting ice and a wildlife boom: what recreating Scott's Antarctic trip reveals about our seas today
Dr. Hugh Carter hopes the preserved Antarctic urchins collected over a century ago will illuminate how modern environmental changes are impacting marine life.