Fowl Weather

What’s the big stink about Antarctica? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our atmosphere is full of tiny chemical particles that help form clouds. These particles control our daily weather and even the planet’s overall climate. And some of them smell! Why? Matt Boyer and

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Antarctic Rainforests

Rainforest overlooked by cold, volcanic mountains.

Antarctica – land of ice, snow and…pine trees??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with The Loh Down on Science. Today, Antarctica is a snowy desert. That’s why it’s always colored white on a map! But has it always been this way? Enter Johann Klages and the Science Team of Expedition

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Ricequakes

Snap, crackle… collapse? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ice shelves in Antarctica are always on the move-forming sinkholes, collapsing, sliding into the sea. But it’s hard to study them in nature — these changes happen so slowly! To learn more about these impactful events

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