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Chocolate, noodles flown in for dark Antarctic winter

The Australian Defence Force has stepped in to deliver crucial winter supplies, and some home comforts, to expeditioners in Antarctica.

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Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost them elsewhere

Imagine you’re standing near the edge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, gazing out over the ocean, when the ice near you starts to melt very rapidly. A surge of meltwater flows into the ocean. Surprisingly, you watch the sea level fall – not rise.

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Urgent meeting held at desolate Antarctica airbase amid fears over Russian control

The meeting comes amid media reports surrounding the discovery of massive oil reserves in Antarctica

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Satellite data reveals Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is melting faster than we thought

The ICEYE satellite constellation has given researchers a peek beneath the glacier, and it's not looking good.

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Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’

The Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth’s climate, hosts vast blooms of microscopic ocean plants known as phytoplankton. They form the very basis of the Antarctic food web.

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Antarctic mission and Great Barrier Reef secure funding

Australia's research in Antarctica has been boosted, with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek saying it will better protect our natural world.

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This State-Sized Hole In The Antarctic Baffled Experts For Decades—Now, The Mystery Is Solved

The hole in the Antarctic ice was comparable in size to numerous US states, such as West Virginia, Maryland, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New Jersey. The post This State-Sized Hole In The Antarctic Baffled Experts For Decades—Now, The Mystery Is Solved first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Australia urged to boost Antarctic science and use second ship to increase number of voyages

Senate inquiry finds axed scientific programs, toxic workplace culture and a trouble-plagued icebreaker among problems

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Antarctic ice hole the size of Switzerland keeps cracking open. Now scientists finally know why.

The Maud Rise polynya has been sporadically opening up in Antarctica's ice since at least the 1970s. Now climatologists finally know why.

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The vast new whaling ‘mother ship’ that Japan hopes will revive a shrinking industry

A new $47m vessel is preparing for its maiden voyage in coastal waters, but there are fears the Kangei Maru could one day mean a return to hunting in the Southern Ocean

The Guardian - AU

A Switzerland-size hole opened in Antarctica's sea ice in 2016-17. Now we know why

During the winters of 2016 and 2017, a hole the size of Switzerland opened in the middle of Antarctica's sea ice. And scientists just figured out how it came to be.

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Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV

New research found that instead of closing up during November, the hole in the Ozone layer over the Antarctica has stayed open well into December.

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'We were in disbelief': Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before. Can it recover?

Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back.

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Hundreds of emperor penguin chicks spotted plunging off a 50-foot cliff in 1st-of-its-kind footage

The fledglings are typically reared on floating platforms of sea ice, but an unprecedented decline in the ice extent has driven young onto cliffs.

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'Unprecedented,' 'Gobsmacked', 'Unbelievable': Changes in Antarctica's sea ice could have dramatic impacts, says climate scientist Edward Doddridge

In 1898, the crew of the first scientific expedition to Antarctica became trapped inside sea ice around the southernmost continent. Much of that once thick ice is dwindling, says polar researcher Edward Doddridge.

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Antarctica's Volcanic Gold: Mount Erebus Erupts With Precious Metal

Discover the hidden world of Antarctica's 138 volcanoes, including the active Mount Erebus emitting gold, raising concerns about future eruptions and their...

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Thousands of hidden meteorites could be lost forever as they sink in Antarctic ice, taking their cosmic secrets with them

A new study warns that 5,000 meteorites could be sinking beneath Antarctica's icy surface every year as a result of climate change, depriving scientists of vital information about our solar system.

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Climate change fuels Antarctic heat wave

In March 2022, East Antarctica experienced an astonishing heat wave, with temperatures almost 40°C above normal

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Thousands of hidden meteorites could be lost forever as they sink in Antarctic ice, taking their cosmic secrets with them

A new study warns that 5,000 meteorites could be sinking beneath Antarctica's icy surface every year as a result of climate change, depriving scientists of vital information about our solar system.

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‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe

An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem

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Scientists investigate thousands of dead Antarctic penguins for bird flu

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From Polar Bears To Groundwater, Nature Is Riddled With 'Forever Chemicals'

They didn't exist a century ago but today PFAS "forever chemicals" contaminate the environment from groundwater to Antarctic snow to turtle eggs, and concern over their possible toxicity is growing.

The Guardian - UK

‘He took five bullets and returned to work on plankton’: the double lives of Ukraine’s Antarctic scientists

When the team at Vernadsky base are not back defending their homeland, they are on the frontline of the climate crisis

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‘Cautious optimism’ as penguins test positive for bird flu but show no symptoms

Asymptomatic cases may seem reassuring for the penguins, but scientists fear they could act as ‘Trojan horses’ for other species

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