Could Antarctica have already had an ice cap in the warm period of the late Eocene? And how could these icebergs survive in the warm ocean conditions prevalent around Antarctica at that time?

Could Antarctica have already had an ice cap in the warm period of the late Eocene? And how could these icebergs survive in the warm ocean conditions prevalent around Antarctica at that time?

Analyses of pollen and spores and the remains of tiny creatures have given a climatic picture of the early Eocene period, about 53 million years ago. The study in Nature suggests Antarctic winter ...

UTRECHT, Netherlands — Some experts fear a massive drifting iceberg known as A23a is currently on a collision course with South Georgia Island, threatening to disrupt the breeding grounds of ...

Indeed it was so warm that trees grew in both the Arctic and Antarctic, and alligators lived in Ellesmere Island at 78 degrees North. But this warm period, called the Eocene, was followed by a ...

The warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor, which falls as snow on East Antarctica. But even this behemoth is unlikely to survive a return to an Eocene Climate. West Antarctica: Like the ...