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North and Tropical Atlantic Ocean bringing climate change to Antarctica
Jan 24, 2014 (SPX)
The gradual warming of the North and Tropical Atlantic Ocean is contributing to climate change in Antarctica, a team of New York University scientists has concl...
Arctic Warmth Unprecedented in 44,000 Years
Jan 24, 2014 (SPX)
When the temperature rises on Baffin Island, in the Canadian high Arctic, ancient Polytrichum mosses, trapped beneath the ice for thousands of years, are expose...
Polar bear diet changes as sea ice melts
Jan 23, 2014 (SPX)
A series of papers recently published by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History suggests that polar bears in the warming Arctic are turning to alt...
New sea anemone species discovered in Antarctica
Jan 22, 2014 (SPX)
researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, while using a camera-equipped robot to survey the area under Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, unexpectedly disc...
Rescued Antarctic scientists back on dry land
Jan 22, 2014 (AFP)
Scientists whose Antarctic expedition became trapped in sea ice finally returned to dry land Wednesday, apologising for the disruption and facing questions over...
Royal flush: Prince Harry's king of the ice latrine
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
Prince Harry became a master in toilet-building during his expedition to the South Pole, a fellow trekker said Tuesday as he lifted the lid on the royal's hidde...
Greenland PM says 'natural' to want independence
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond said on Tuesday it was "natural" for Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, to want independence. "Our path towards indepen...
Greenpeace says Russia still holding Arctic protest ship
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
Russia is still holding a Greenpeace ship despite an international court order demanding its release, the environment lobby group said Thursday. The Dutch-flagg...
Emperor Penguins breeding on ice shelves
Jan 13, 2014 (SPX)
A new study of four Antarctic emperor penguin colonies suggest that unexpected breeding behaviour may be a sign that the birds are adapting to environmental cha...
Giant Antarctic glacier beyond point of no return
Jan 12, 2014 (AFP)
Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, one of the biggest single contributors to world sea-level rise, is melting irreversibly and could add as much as a centimetre ...
Ice rescue sparks Antarctic tourism debate
Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)
The challenging rescue operation launched after a Russian ship became trapped in Antarctic pack ice last month shows the inherent risks facing the frozen contin...
Antarctic mission over as ships clear ice field
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
A complex international operation to free a Russian ship trapped in Antarctica ended Wednesday when the vessel cleared the ice field, as officials released a Un...
Chinese icebreaker shines spotlight on polar ambitions
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese research vessel's escape from pack ice after evacuating 52 people from a Russian ship trapped in Antarctica has shone a spotlight on the Asian power's...
Trapped ships break through Antarctic ice
Jan 07, 2014 (AFP)
Two ships -- a Chinese icebreaker and a Russian research vessel -- broke free Tuesday from thick Antarctic ice where they had been trapped for days. China's Xue...
Trapped Chinese icebreaker to attempt breakout
Jan 07, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese ship that helped rescue passengers from a Russian vessel stranded in Antarctica only to get stuck in the ice itself may soon have a shot at breaking f...
Rescued Antarctic group due in Australia in two weeks
Jan 07, 2014 (AFP)
A group of scientists, tourists and journalists rescued by helicopter from their icebound ship in Antarctica is due back in Australia in a fortnight, officials ...
El Nino tied to melting of Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier
Jan 07, 2014 (SPX)
Pine Island Glacier is one of the biggest routes for ice to flow from Antarctica into the sea. The floating ice shelf at the glacier's tip has been melting and ...
US icebreaker heads to Antarctic to help stuck ships
Jan 05, 2014 (AFP)
A US icebreaker was dispatched Sunday to assist an icebound Russian research ship and Chinese vessel trapped during a rescue bid in Antarctica, as the leader of...
Chinese ship used in Antarctic rescue stuck in ice
Jan 04, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese icebreaker that went to the aid of a Russian ship stuck in heavy floes in Antarctica has now itself become trapped by ice, officials said Saturday, am...
Pine Island Glacier sensitive to climatic variability
Jan 03, 2014 (SPX)
A new study published in Science this month suggests the thinning of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is much more susceptible to climatic and ocean varia...
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