Why it's incredible: Evidence suggests it could be the greatest known impact crater on Earth. The Wilkes Land crater is a hole in the bedrock beneath East Antarctica's ice sheet measuring 315 miles ...

We know the Earth is old, but getting direct evidence of the deep past is hard, that's why the latest discovery out of ...

When a massive hole opened up in Antarctica's winter sea ice a few years back, NASA scientists could not believe what they were seeing. The gap stayed for several more months and swelled to the size ...

Sudden and rare warming events in Antarctica may have delayed the arrival of the ozone hole that appears above the frozen continent every year, scientists say. These warming events likely impacted a ...

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GENEVA (AP) — The European Union’s Earth observation program says the ozone hole over Antarctica has swelled to its largest size and deepest level in years. Experts at the Copernicus Atmospheric ...

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The Antarctic ozone hole usually starts forming in early August, but rare warming events and a strangely elongated polar vortex this year may have delayed its arrival. When you purchase through links ...