Temperatures in a patch of Antarctic moss can vary as much as an entire mountain range

We found that Antarctic mosses create their own miniature climates, and these can vary dramatically in a single square metre.
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Six-million-year-old Antarctic ice offers glimpse into warmer era of Earth’s past

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

Expansion of Antarctic bottom water contributed to end of last Ice Age, study finds

Around 12,000 years ago, the last Ice Age ended, global temperatures rose and the early Holocene began, during which time ...
Ancient Origins

8,500-Year-Old Obsidian Mirror Found at Canhasan

Archaeologists excavating at Canhasan in central Turkey have unearthed an extraordinarily rare 8,500-year-old obsidian mirror. The discovery represents one of only 56 such mirrors ever found across ...