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Antarctica
A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer
A forgotten specimen from a 1985 expedition has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found in the Santa Marta Formation of Antarctica.
First Antarctic dinosaur bone identified as Titanosaur after 40 years
A dinosaur tail vertebra forgotten in a storage drawer for 40 years has been identified as the first dinosaur bone ever discovered in Antarctica.
Human activity has driven retreat of Antarctica's fastest melting glacier
New research directly attributes the intensified retreat of the Pine Island Glacier to human activities. Separate findings indicate the glacier passed an irreversible tipping point between the 1940s and 1970s.