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In the remote and hostile realm of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, powerful winds known as low-level jets (LLJs) race over its coastal regions, including both the Thwaites and Pine ...

Millions of Australians are set to shiver through the final weekend of winter as air arriving directly from Antarctica brings ...

An intense polar outbreak will bring one of the most widespread snow events in years to south-east Australia during the next ...

Scientists have discovered another cause for melting glaciers, and it's one that has been overlooked before. According to Earth.com, fast-moving winds in West Antarctica frequently blow over the ...

Enhanced westerly winds associated with global warming will strengthen the clockwise circulations and heat transport to the ice sheet in the East Antarctic coastal area.

A significant magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on August 21, 2025, triggering tsunami alerts for Chile's ...

An Antarctic blast has swept across NSW and Victoria, blanketing Oberon and Orange in snow just before the start of spring.

The Drake Passage, which lies between South America and Antarctica, is one of the most dangerous and violent stretches of ...

The researchers worked from a vessel at a number of locations around the Antarctic Peninsula [Elisenda Balleste] Why would anyone brave hand-numbing cold, icy winds and rough seas - sometimes working ...

Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, 25, lost his life on July 26, 1959, after he fell into a glacier crevasse at Admiralty Bay.

Aussies are being warned to prepare for a severe Antarctic blast amid forecasts wind, rain and snow will pelt the southern ...