antarctic
Plane returns with sick Antarctic base worker after daring rescue mission
A plane has left the South Pole after a nine-hour journey over the icy continent to evacuate a sick worker from a remote U.S.
Antarctic melt may raise sea levels 5ft by 2100, scientists warn
Sea levels could rise by double previous estimates by the end of this century if greenhouse gas emissions are not cut, scientists have warned. New...
Winds hamper efforts to rescue 68 crew from stranded ship in Antarctica
Freezing winds are continuing to hamper the rescue of 68 people from an Australian icebreaker ship stranded in Antarctica.
Vast Antarctic marine reserves in focus at Australia talks
Campaigners Monday urged global leaders to put aside differences and create two vast Antarctic marine sanctuaries to protect one of the world’s last...
Meltdown: NASA researchers warn that giant Antarctic ice shelf may fall into ocean
The last intact section of one of Antarctica’s mammoth ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate completely in the next few years,...
Meltdown: NASA researchers warn that giant Antarctic ice shelf may fall into ocean
The last intact section of one of Antarctica’s mammoth ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate completely in the next few years,...
Final act: NASA warns of the end of the Larson B Antarctic ice shelf
The last intact section of one of Antarctica’s mammoth ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate completely in the next few years,...
Sits vac: Run a museum in penguinland or drive the Queen round London
Are you in good shape and happy not to shower for up to a month, live in close proximity to three people and 2,000 smelly penguins for five months with...
East Antarctica’s largest glacier melting due to warming oceans
The largest glacier in East Antarctica, containing the ice equivalent of a six-metre rise in global sea levels, is melting due to warm ocean water, scientists...
Cold hard facts: Underwater robot measures Antarctic sea ice
Measuring the thickness of Antarctic sea ice has long been a challenge and traditional methods are less than ideal.
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