News tagged with antarctic waters
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Drilling into the unknown -- the first exploration of a sub-glacial Antarctic lake is a major step closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have located the ideal drill site for the first ever exploration of an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, a development that it likely to facilitate a revolution in climate-change research ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Australia takes legal action to stop Japan whaling
Australia has launched legal action at the International Court of Justice to stop Japan's hunting of whales, Japanese officials said Tuesday, calling the move "extremely regrettable".
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Exploring Beneath Antarctic Ice
The NASA-funded ENDURANCE project has completed its second field season robotically exploring the waters of an ice-covered lake in Antarctica. Insight gained by the expedition will help scientists prepare ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons
(AP) -- Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Hypoxia increases as climate warms
A new study of Pacific Ocean sediments off the coast of Chile has found that offshore waters experienced systematic oxygen depletion during the rapid warming of the Antarctic following the last "glacial maximum" period 20,000 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls
(AP) -- Countries that manage Antarctica plan tough new controls on ships visiting the southern oceans and the fuels they use to reduce the threat of human and environmental disasters as tourist numbers rise, ...
Dec 12, 2009 |
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Astronomers find coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth
The search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth. No human is thought to have ever been there but it is expected to yield ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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All in sight: Scientists test infrared system for the protection of whales
A new measurement system for the detection of whales is used for the first time on board of the research vessel Polarstern. Whales are usually difficult to spot. On the one hand, they spend the greater part ...
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Measuring the effects of temperature increases in the Antarctic fauna
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey subjected species found in Antarctic waters to increasing levels of water temperature to learn how well they would cope with a warmer ocean. The study, to be presented at the ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Ancient ecosystem thrives millions of years below Antarctic glacier
(PhysOrg.com) -- A reservoir of briny liquid buried deep beneath an Antarctic glacier supports hardy microbes that have lived in isolation for millions of years, researchers report this week in the journal ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Global warming threatens Antarctic sea life
Climate change is about to cause a major upheaval in the shallow marine waters of Antarctica. Predatory crabs are poised to return to warming Antarctic waters and disrupt the primeval marine communities.
Feb 05, 2009 |
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