Antarctica | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/antarctica/RSS feed for AntarcticaenTue, 06 Oct 2026 19:51:28 +0000Physicist Wins Nobel Prize for Developing a Massive, Ice-Embedded Observatory That Detects Ghostly Cosmic Particleshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicist-wins-nobel-prize-for-developing-a-massive-ice-embedded-observatory-that-detects-ghostly-cosmic-particles-180989627/Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison led the effort to build the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica. His work birthed the field of neutrino astronomyTue, 06 Oct 2026 19:51:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicist-wins-nobel-prize-for-developing-a-massive-ice-embedded-observatory-that-detects-ghostly-cosmic-particles-180989627/Satellite Images Reveal Greenland and Antarctica Have Lost More Than 12 Trillion Tons of Ice Over the Past 50 Yearshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/satellite-images-reveal-greenland-and-antarctica-have-lost-more-than-12-trillion-tons-of-ice-over-the-past-50-years-180989567/Most of the frozen water has vanished because glaciers have been flowing faster into the ocean, rather than because of surface melting of ice sheets, according to a new study. Researchers estimate the ice loss has raised the global sea level by more than one inchMon, 28 Sep 2026 15:36:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/satellite-images-reveal-greenland-and-antarctica-have-lost-more-than-12-trillion-tons-of-ice-over-the-past-50-years-180989567/