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Could the Earth's ozone layer be healing? The United Nations thinks so...

The Earth's protective ozone layer is healing and the hole should fully disappear in coming decades, the United Nations said in a report released on Tuesday, hailing the success of concerted international action.

Radio France Internationale

Where will the partial solar eclipse be visible Sept. 21?

The 'equinox eclipse' will bring up to 86% coverage across New Zealand, Antarctica and parts of the South Pacific.

Space

US pilot Ethan Guo donates $30,000 to children's foundation after Antarctica plane landing

American pilot and influencer Ethan Guo has made a $30,000 donation to a cancer foundation under an agreement to avoid prosecution for landing a light plane without authorization in Antarctica

The Independent UK

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High-tech plans to save polar ice will fail, new research finds

Our planet continues to warm because of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. The polar regions are especially vulnerable to this warming. Sea ice extent is already declining in both the Arctic and Antarctic. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting, and abrupt changes in both polar environments are…

The Conversation

Influencer who landed in Antarctica without permission finally released

Ethan Guo was attempting to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents

The Independent UK

40-year-old 'queen of icebergs' A23a is no longer world's biggest after losing several 'very large chunks' since May

A giant iceberg called A23a that broke off Antarctica in 1986 is now disintegrating near South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, scientists say.

LiveScience

Eureka moment for scientists who solved 'cold case'

Scientists who proved an Antarctic ice meltdown theory by cracking a crucial 'cold case' using octopus DNA have received a major science award.

AAP

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World’s largest iceberg is finally about to disappear 40 years after breaking away from Antarctica

Megaberg twice the size of London could melt away within weeks

The Independent UK

Once King Of The Seas, A Giant Iceberg Is Finally Breaking Up

Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer waters, and could disappear within weeks.

International Business Times

Harassment at Antarctic research bases could spell problems for moon, Mars outposts

The National Science Foundation is already implementing some recommendations after a recent survey found issues with sexual assault and harassment on Antarctic missions.

Space

Rising visitor numbers are leaving a harmful human footprint on Antarctica’s ecosystems

Annual visitors numbered fewer than 8,000 in the 1990s. Last year, more than 124,000 visited.

Euronews

Mark Cuban Says Insurance Industry 'Concerned About Melting Ice' As Antarctic Ice Loss Hits 'Potentially Irreversible' Tipping Point

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban flagged growing concerns within the insurance sector on Thursday as new research reveals Antarctic ice loss may have reached a dangerous tipping point with far-reaching implications for coastal markets and risk pricing.

Benzinga

Surging Tourism Is Polluting Antarctica, Scientists Warn

Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned Wednesday, a fresh blow for one of Earth's most pristine environments already threatened by human-driven climate change.

International Business Times

From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more.

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Antarctica's 'abrupt changes' spell climate warming

Sea ice loss and other indicators point to fast changes to Antarctica that will have troubling consequences for Australia and the rest of the world.

International Business Times

Antarctic Climate Shifts Threaten 'Catastrophic' Impacts Globally

Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by metres and lead to "catastrophic consequences for generations", scientists warned Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Teen influencer trapped for a month after landing in Antarctica makes deal so he can leave continent

Chile said Ethan Guo can leave Antarctica — if he can find a way off the icy island where he’s been detained

The Conversation

Antarctic leopard seal ‘songs’ are surprisingly similar to nursery rhymes

Animals may not have musical instruments, but the way that some species form complex patterns of vocal sequences is remarkable. A recent study has found that Antarctic leopard seal. mating call sequences seem to be similar in predictability to human nursery rhymes.

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Dennis Bell Antarctica Mystery Solved: Remains Found After 66 Years on Glacier - Who Is He And What Was He Doing There?

Remains of British meteorologist Dennis Bell, missing in Antarctica since 1959, found on a receding glacier, ending a 66-year mystery.

The Independent UK

US influencer stranded in Antarctica after landing plane without permission

Ethan Guo was hoping to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents

Evening Standard

Remains of British researcher who died in Antarctica found 66 years later

Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, 25, died after falling down a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island on July 26 1959.

The Independent UK

Remains of British man who died in Antarctica found in melting glacier 66 years later

Bone fragments were transported to the Falkland Islands aboard the BAS Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough

Evening Standard

Body of man who died in Antarctic glacier is found 65 years later

The remains of Dennis Bell, who fell into a crevasse aged 25 while working in Antarctica, have been found

The Guardian - UK

What recreating Scott’s Antarctic expedition reveals about our seas today

A new polar project compared samples with those collected more than a century ago by by Scott, along with voyages led by Shackleton and Borchgrevink

The Independent UK

Inside the high-risk operation at an Antarctic research base

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