SMRTR Science & EngineeringMar 8, 2026Science Daily

Antarctica has a strange gravity hole and scientists finally know why

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Scientists discovered that Antarctica's unusual gravity hole formed from extremely slow rock movements deep inside Earth over 70 million years, with the anomaly strengthening between 50-30 million years ago during the same period Antarctica's climate shifted and ice sheets began forming, suggesting Earth's interior may influence continental ice sheet development.

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