After accounting for Earth’s rotation, gravity is slightly weaker beneath Antarctica than anywhere else on the planet. That weakness creates a kind of “gravity hole,” a broad low in the field that helps shape the sea surface around the southern continent.

The southern sleeper shark is a large, slow-moving species of deepwater shark typically found across the Southern Ocean from central Chile to the sub-Antarctic Islands. While it is well adapted to cold temperatures, it’s still rare to see this species venture into the frigid waters immediately surrounding Antarctica.

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological mystery.

Microscopic particles of plastic have been found across the Earth, from the clouds over Mount Fuji to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Now, scientists have found microplastics in the bellies of

Gravity feels reliable—stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over Earth's surface. And it is weakest beneath the frozen continent of Antarctica after accounting for Earth's rotation.

Forte and colleagues now believe Antarctica’s gravity hole was weaker before eventually intensifying around 30 to 50 million years ago. This corresponds to large-scale changes in the continent’s climate that included the arrival of glaciers. These, in turn, exert major influences on Earth’s ecosystems, including sea levels and ocean acidity.

A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might affect sea-level rise

An international research team has achieved a scientific milestone by recovering a 228-meter-long sediment

Türkiye’s 10th National Antarctic Science Expedition brings together researchers to map magmatic history of Horseshoe Island to assess Antarctica’s geological evolution - Anadolu Ajansı