Our new research in the Antarctic suggests that the vital layer of cold water on the sea bed, which circulates the globe and influences the ocean's ability to continue absorbing much of the rise in atmospheric heat and greenhouse ...
Environment
Jun 17, 2023
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Deep ocean water in Antarctica is warming and shrinking at an alarming rate with significant consequences for the global climate and the world's oceans, according to new research involving the University of Southampton.
Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2023
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When the sea ice vanishes, Antarctic seals become silent. This is the main conclusion of a new article just published by Dr. Ilse van Opzeeland's research group in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. The ...
Ecology
Apr 17, 2023
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Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and European research institutions are calling for better protections for juvenile emperor penguins, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers listing the ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2022
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Despite the rapid melting of ice in many parts of Antarctica during the second half of the 20th century, researchers have found that the floating ice shelves which skirt the eastern Antarctic Peninsula have undergone sustained ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2022
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When the wreck of Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance was found nearly 10,000 feet below the surface of Antarctica's Weddell Sea in March 2022, it was located just 4 miles from its last known position, as recorded by the Endurance's ...
Other
Mar 11, 2022
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One of the world's most storied shipwrecks, Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, has been discovered off the coast of Antarctica more than a century after its sinking, explorers announced Wednesday.
Archaeology
Mar 9, 2022
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A New Zealand-led international study published today in Global Change Biology reveals how climate change may impact seals in one of the most remote ocean regions in the world, the Weddell Sea.
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2021
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A huge ice block has broken off from western Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the largest iceberg in the world and earning the name A-76.
Environment
May 20, 2021
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Scientists exploring the drivers of Antarctic climate change have discovered a new and more efficient pathway for the creation of natural aerosols and clouds which contribute significantly to temperature increases.
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2021
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