Although scientists have been studying Antarctica for many years, most research has focused on the conditions of Antarctica as they currently are. Based on this information, scientists have been able to make predictions on ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2016
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A team of European scientists heads to East Antarctica this month to locate the oldest ice on Earth. The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from ten European countries whose aim is to search for a suitable site ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2016
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Antarctic ice appears in a range of types and sizes, from the newly formed skim of ice on the ocean called grease ice (above), to the older meter thick layers of sea ice, to chunks of icebergs, floating reaches of ice shelves, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 8, 2016
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Diplomats from 196 nations gather from Monday for 12-day UN climate talks tasked with charting a path for capping global warming at "well below" two degree Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial era levels.
Environment
Nov 3, 2016
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At the southern end of the Earth, a NASA plane carrying a team of scientists and a sophisticated instrument suite to study ice is returning to surveying Antarctica. For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge has been on ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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Twenty-three million years ago, the Antarctic Ice Sheet began to shrink, going from an expanse larger than today's to one about half its modern size. Computer models suggested a spike in carbon dioxide levels as the cause, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2016
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2016 continues to be a momentous year for Australia's climate, on track to be the new hottest year on record.
Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2016
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A shortage of data on the weather in Antarctica is hampering efforts to understand climate change in the region, according to new research.
Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2016
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Tiny ocean fossils distributed widely across rock surfaces in the Transantarctic Mountains point to the potential for a substantial rise in global sea levels under conditions of continued global warming, according to a new ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2016
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A new marine biodiversity study in one of the largest Marine Protected Areas in the world reveals the impact of environmental change on subantarctic seabed animals and answers big questions about the extent of South Georgia's ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2016
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