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Read about Japan's Fukushima disaster's nuclear leak affecting the US, and new theory claiming there is a Nazi UFO base under Antarctic ice.

Dec 29, 2016

Watch: Alien spacecraft in Antarctica? Theory claims Nazi UFO site buried under Antarctic ice [VIDEO]

A mass of land hidden beneath the Antarctic ice could be the site of a secret Nazi UFO base from World War II.

Dec 29, 2016

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Cheetah extinction: Here's why it took so long to find out the big cat was in danger

According to research led by the Zoological Society of London, there are only 7,100 cheetahs left in the world covering just 9% of the range they once did

Dec 27, 2016

Penguin-cam shows Adélies’ penchant for jellyfish gonads

Rare footage from a camera strapped to an Adélie penguin in Antarctica shows that the penguins will go out of their way to eat jellyfish that have large and prominent gonads.

Dec 27, 2016

Meltwater in East Antarctica collects in subsurface lakes

A warm microclimate in a 20-kilometre zone in East Antarctica has led to the formation of extensive lakes of meltwater sandwiched between two layers of ice. The ice sheet is showing behaviour that was thought only to occur in glaciers in places such as Greenland, which are not nearly as cold as East Antarctica.

Dec 12, 2016

Skies of Antartica captured by NASA's spacecraft

NASA's spacecraft captures earth's highest ice clouds over Antarctica

AIM data said that noctilucent cloud season started on November 17, which is the earliest since the mission was launched in 2007.

Dec 6, 2016

NASA: Changes in Antarctic skies seen early this year

Electric blue sky has been observed glowing due to the beginning of the noctilucent clouds season earlier than usual this year.

Dec 3, 2016

Video shows the breakup of Pine Island Glacier

In 2015, a 225-square-mile iceberg broke off of the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica, and researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered that the event was no ordinary breakup. The culprit: a deep subsurface rift that cracked through the ice nearly 20 miles inland – a sign that the largest ice reserve in the world may be melting sooner rather than later.

Nov 28, 2016

Antarctic sea ice hardly changed in size in past 100 years, say climate scientists

The present sea ice levels in Antarctica are similar to what it was way back in the 1900s.

Nov 24, 2016

Google launches Earth, Trends themed snap-on Live Cases; exclusive to Pixel phone series

Currently, Google's new Earth and Trends snap-on Live Cases are available in the US only.

Nov 18, 2016

Scientists mission to find the oldest ice on Earth

A British Antarctic Survey team of scientists is leaving for the ice in East Antarctica to try to find the oldest ice on Earth. They will drill a core of ice three kilometres deep at two different sites. The ice contains ancient air bubbles that were trapped 1.5million years ago. Measuring the composition of air in these bubbles will give scientists a picture of the ancient atmosphere and climate.

Nov 14, 2016

John Kerry: We will try to implement Paris climate deal before Trump assumes office

During a visit to New Zealand US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke about the future of climate change politics.People worldwide are fearful after President-elect Donald Trump said the US will quit the Paris Agreement.Kerry said the Obama administration would try to implement a global agreement against climate change before Trump takes office.

Nov 13, 2016

Antarctica to have world's largest marine park

Reports state that fishing would be banned in the marine sanctuary for at least 35 years.

Oct 28, 2016

Worlds largest marine park to be created in Antarctica

A deal brokered by 24 countries to allow the creation of a massive 600,000 sq mile marine sanctuary in the Antarctic ocean. The sanctuary will cover more than 12% of the Southern Ocean, which is home to more than 10,000 species including most of the worlds penguins, whales, seabirds, colossal squid and Antarctic tooth fish.