Antarctica’s Blood Falls: A Crimson Mystery Frozen in Time In one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth, Antarctica hides a startling natural wonder known as Blood Falls—a bright red cascade spilling from the Taylor Glacier into Lake Bonney. First discovered in 1911 by Australian geologist Griffith Taylor, the eerie sight of crimson liquid staining […]
The Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS), a major contributor to global sea-level rise, has been steadily losing mass, especially in West and parts of East Antarctica. However, between 2021 and 2023, it gained around 107.79 gigatonnes of ice annually—an unexpected shift after nearly two decades of decline. Researchers attribute this anomaly to unusually heavy snowfall, which […]
In the frozen region of Antarctica, a simple yet daring experiment revealed an incredible hidden world beneath the ice. Austin Carter, a researcher with the Center for Old Ice Exploration (COLDEX), lowered an action camera into a borehole 93 meters deep. What it captured stunned both scientists and the public, offering a rare glimpse into […]