Scientists in Antarctica have discovered what may be the oldest modern bird ever found. The 69 million-year-old fossil could finally put a longstanding debate about the origin of modern birds to rest.

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16, 2025 — A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be ... methane trapped in Antarctic ice suggests that global ...

Research on melting glacial ice sheets and the resulting impact on volcanic chambers in the Earth's crust has revealed a startling positive feedback loop effect with alarming implications for the West ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

(CNN) — A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

Scientists say subtle differences in the colour of seawater will enable them to count tiny - but critically important - Antarctic marine creatures ... that live in sea ice, and those plants ...

Scientists say subtle differences in the colour of seawater will enable them to count tiny - but critically important - Antarctic marine creatures from Space. The target of the new research ... krill ...

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