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False colour Landsat 8 satellite image of Saunders Island and the lava lake within the crater of Mount Michael (image acquired 31/01/2018). Inset map shows the location of Saunders Island.

Discovery of rare lava lake on remote sub-Antarctic island

Geology Page - July 6, 2019

Polynya

Uncovering Polynya : Research unravels 43-year-old mystery in deep Antarctica

Illustration of flowing water under the Antarctic ice sheet

Heat Source Under West Antarctica

World’s largest volcanic range may lurk beneath Antarctic ice

Hidden lakes drain below West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

UNL drillers help make new Antarctic discoveries

Geology Page - January 22, 2015

‘Fountain of youth’ underlies Antarctic mountains

Geology Page - November 20, 2014

Changing Antarctic waters could trigger steep rise in sea levels

Geology Page - October 2, 2014

Arctic sea ice influenced force of the Gulf Stream

Geology Page - August 25, 2014

Life can persist in cold, dark world: Life under Antarctic ice...

Geology Page - August 21, 2014

Most complete Antarctic map for climate research made public

Geology Page - August 19, 2014

Antarctic ice sheet is result of carbon dioxide decrease, not continental...

Geology Page - August 1, 2014

Krypton used to accurately date ancient Antarctic ice

Geology Page - April 22, 2014

Today’s Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida

Geology Page - April 22, 2014

Rock points to potential diamond haul in Antarctica

Geology Page - December 18, 2013

Volcano discovered smoldering under a kilometer of ice in West Antarctica

Geology Page - November 17, 2013

Scientists Use New Approach to Reveal Function of Greenland’s Ice Sheet

Geology Page - August 17, 2013

Global warming 5 million years ago caused sea levels to rise...

Geology Page - July 22, 2013

Scientists cast doubt on theory of what triggered Antarctic glaciation

Geology Page - July 12, 2013

Shimmering Water Reveals Cold Volcanic Vent in Antarctic Waters

Geology Page - July 2, 2013

Arctic Current Flowed Under Deep Freeze of Last Ice Age, Study...

Geology Page - June 2, 2013

Antarctic Polar Icecap Is 33.6 Million Years Old

Geology Page - May 28, 2013

Tropical air circulation drives fall warming on Antarctic Peninsula

Geology Page - May 15, 2013

Sediment Cores From Russian Lake Hint At A Future Ice-free Arctic

Geology Page - May 10, 2013

Underwater Antarctic Volcanoes Discovered in the Southern Ocean

Geology Page - April 15, 2013

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A cross-section of an 18.5 million-year-old fossil of Ampelorhiza heteroxylon. Credit: Nathan Jud/Provided

18.5 million year old vine fossil identified as new species

May 8, 2021

Earth’s magnetic field is important for climate change at high altitudes

May 26, 2014

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Dufrénoysite

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Sneaky crocodiles occupied sauropod hatcheries

Spherules in the Barberton greenstone belt in the Kaapvaal craton, South Africa. Credit: Lowe et al., 2014.

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Extra-terrestrial impacts may have triggered ‘bursts’ of plate tectonics

These fossil-rich sediments along the Alto Madre de Dios River in southern Peru have yielded hundreds of fossil teeth and bones, clues to what life in the Amazon was like 18 million years ago.

World’s smallest fossil monkey found in Amazon jungle

Credit: Density values from LithoRef18 (Afonso et al.) and gravity gradients from Bouman et al. (2016)

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