Recent satellite images show that construction is continuing at China's new Qinling research station in Antarctica and indicate that the country is further expanding its activities in the region.
Deep under the frozen desert of western Antarctica, a hidden danger slumbers. Lurking beneath the massive, 1–2 kilometer-thick slab of frozen water lies an active volcanic rift, seething away in the ...
This progress is the subject of our new review paper, published today in Annual Reviews. At the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet, glaciers flow into the Southern Ocean, forming floating ice shelves.