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McGill-led research unravels mystery of how early animals survived ice age
Dec 03, 2019 (SPX)
In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, researchers studied iron-rich rocks left behind...
Antarctica tourism: the quest for Earth's vulnerable extremes
Nov 29, 2019 (AFP)
They are spectators at the end of the world, luxury visitors experiencing a vulnerable ecosystem close-up. And their very presence might accelerate its demise. ...
In Antarctica, tour operators police themselves
Nov 29, 2019 (AFP)
The Antarctica Treaty was signed 60 years ago by 12 countries -- it now has 54 signatories -- including the United States and Russia, a notable feat during the ...
Invasive species set to exploit climate change in Antarctica
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
The rich biodiversity is preserved by an ancient equilibrium of extreme cold and the isolation of a land mass surrounded by powerful ocean currents. But scienti...
Arctic adventurers struggle as climate change thins ice
Nov 23, 2019 (AFP)
South African Mike Horn, 53, and Borge Ousland of Norway, 57 -- both experienced adventurers -- left Nome, Alaska by sailboat on August 25. Since September 12, ...
Two million-year-old ice cores provide first direct observations of an ancient climate
Nov 22, 2019 (SPX)
Gas bubbles trapped in the cores - which are the oldest yet recovered - contain pristine samples of carbon dioxide, methane and other gases that serve as "snaps...
Sea ice movements trace dynamics transforming the new Arctic
Nov 18, 2019 (SPX)
Research led by the University of California, Riverside, could help ships navigating these freshly thawed routes avoid the Titanic's fate with a new way to fore...
Last Arctic ice refuge is disappearing
Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)
A new study in AGU's journal Geophysical Research Letters finds ice in the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland is more mobile than previously thought, as ocean curr...
Arctic shifts to a carbon source due to winter soil emissions
Nov 11, 2019 (SPX)
The study, published Oct. 21 in Nature Climate Change, warns that winter carbon dioxide loss from the world's permafrost regions could increase by 41% over the ...
Iceland students see chilling reality of melting glacier
Nov 10, 2019 (AFP)
"It is very beautiful but at the same time it is very sad to see how much it has melted," says Lilja, bundled up against the autumn chill in a blue pompom hat. ...
Anthropologists unearth remains of mammoths trapped in 15,000-year-old pits
Nov 07, 2019 (UPI)
"[The discovery] represents a watershed, a touchstone on what we imagined until now was the interaction of hunter-gatherer bands with these enormous herbivores,...
Persistent drizzle at sub-zero temps in Antarctica
Nov 06, 2019 (SPX)
Using both ground-based and satellite measurements, researchers recorded drizzle conditions below minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit lasting for more than 7.5 hours at...
Revealing interior temperature of Antarctic ice sheet
Nov 05, 2019 (ESA)
The Antarctic ice sheet is, on average, about 2 km thick, but in some places the bedrock is almost 5 km below the surface of this huge polar ice cap. Most of us...
Antarctic marine sanctuary talks deadlocked for eighth straight year
Nov 02, 2019 (AFP)
Opposition from China and Russia torpedoed the proposal at the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAML...
Coast Guard to send its icebreaker to Arctic region
Nov 02, 2019 (UPI)
The 399-foot icebreaker will "help protect the nation's maritime sovereignty and security in the region," a Coast Guard statement last week said. Additionally, ...
Antarctic mist as frozen continent bursts into season of light
Oct 30, 2019 (ESA)
After four months of night, the crew of Concordia research station, located on Dome C in the Antarctic peninsula, saw first light in August, marking the end of ...
Reframing Antarctica's meltwater pond dangers to ice shelves and sea level
Oct 28, 2019 (SPX)
Still, massive increases in surface melting due to unusually warm weather can trigger catastrophic ice shelf collapses like that of the iconic shelf "Larsen B,"...
Photos taken century apart show stark Mont Blanc glacier melt
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
Despite an overwhelming body of scientific evidence tracking humanity's contribution to climate change, it is often difficult to grasp the enormity of a phenome...
Receding Russian glaciers expose five new Arctic islands
Oct 24, 2019 (UPI)
Receding glaciers surrounding Russia's mountainous Novaya Zemlya archipelago have exposed five fresh islands, but these rocky outcroppings, cold and beach-less,...
Doubt over future of Antarctic ocean sanctuary plans
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
The proposed East Antarctic marine park would protect one million square kilometres of ocean, but has repeatedly been struck down at meetings of the Commission ...
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