Recent satellite images reveal a new 100-square-mile iceberg emerging from Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier. The calving event did not come as a complete surprise, but is a troubling sign with regards to future sea level ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 2017
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For nearly 50 years, researchers have been stumped as to why sea shells from warm tropical waters are comparatively larger than their cold water relatives. New research, led by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef ...
Ecology
Sep 22, 2017
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A new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be more 'losers' than 'winners' over the next century as the Antarctic seafloor warms. The results are published in the journal ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2017
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Temperature plays an important role in the distribution of ocean plankton communities and has the potential to cause major distribution shifts, as recently observed in the Arctic.
Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2017
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The most advanced space weather radar in the world is to be built in the Arctic by an international partnership including the UK, thanks to new investment, in the region of £4 to £6m from NERC.
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2017
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A new study on mosses found in the polar regions reveals how several species have migrated around the globe and are even found in their polar opposite.
Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2017
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Reporting this week in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the retreat of glaciers in West Antarctica during ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 5, 2017
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One of the best-known impacts of climate change is the loss of sea ice in the Arctic, but also in parts of the Antarctic: the poles are increasingly turning from white to blue. However, in the shallow seas near continental ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2017
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A series of unprecedented storms over the Southern Ocean likely caused the most dramatic decline in Antarctic sea ice seen to date, a new study finds.
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2017
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The levels of microplastic particles accumulating in the Antarctic are much worse than expected, a team of experts has warned.
Environment
Jun 19, 2017
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