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Pollution at Australia’s largest Antarctic research station exceeded guidelines for almost 20 years

Levels of contaminants such as arsenic and lead at Casey eclipsed international quality guidelines between 1997 and 2015, study finds

The Guardian - AU

‘Virtually certain’ extreme Antarctic events will get worse without drastic action, scientists warn

Record low sea ice levels, the collapse of ice shelves, and surface temperatures 38.5C above average cited as concerns in new review

The Guardian - AU

Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find

A new study concludes that Antarctica is already being and will continue to be affected by more frequent and severe extreme weather events, a known byproduct of human-caused climate change

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Scientists reconstruct Aeolus satellite's fiery fall to Earth from space

Scientists have mapped the fiery descent of the Aeolus spacecraft back to Earth from its reentry over Antarctica to its wrekage strewn path over the Atlantic.

Space

Is the climate crisis finally catching up with Antarctica? Finding the answer has never been more pressing

Our inability to confidently predict sea level rise between an extremely challenging two metres and a civilisation-ending 10 metres is an exemplar of the problem facing researchers

The Guardian - AU

Racism at heart of US failure to tackle deadly heatwaves, expert warns

Jeff Goodell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First, found ‘engine of planetary chaos’ in travels from Antarctica to California

The Guardian - US

“Part of the deal was we couldn’t disturb the penguins”: Lars Ulrich looks back on Metallica’s record-breaking Antarctica gig

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich reflects on "one of the best trips we ever had", the time the quartet performed at a research base in Antarctica surrounded by penguins

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Reality behind natural pyramid-like mountain discovered in Antarctica

Amid the frozen landscape of Antarctica, a pyramid-like mountain has been discovered. This finding has sparked an uproar on the internet, with many suggesting that the discovery of a pyramid-shaped structure in such a remote location might be because of aliens or ancient civilizations. However, keeping these assumptions aside, experts…

The Times of India

Antarctica has a lot less sea ice than usual. That's bad news for all of us

It's the middle of the winter in Antarctica, when the ocean around the continent freezes. But this year there's less sea ice than ever recorded.

WEKU

Cancelling Antarctic climate research will damage Australia’s reputation, experts say

Exclusive: Lawyers and environmentalists warn international community is watching carefully amid ‘science, logistics and influence race’

The Guardian - AU

Australian climate science projects in Antarctica put on ice due to budget cuts

Exclusive: Mawson and Davis stations won’t be fully staffed this summer, according to workers, and documents show remediation work will also be halted

The Guardian - AU

Russian scientists have grown watermelons in the coldest place on Earth

Scientists in Antarctica did the unimaginable: They grew a bounty of watermelons while living on the ice-cold continent.

LiveScience

Antarctica missing massive sea ice

Antarctic sea ice is melting and massive chunks are not coming back yet, alarming scientists

Salon

Antarctica is missing a chunk of sea ice bigger than Greenland – what's going on?

Deadly heatwaves, raging wildfires and record global temperatures are upon us. But far from the flames, at the southernmost tip of the planet, something just as shocking is unfolding.

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‘Something weird is going on’: search for answers as Antarctic sea ice stays at historic lows

Some scientists fear the ‘shocking’ shift is the beginning of a global heating-linked collapse of the ice that could have alarming knock-on effects

Salon

Antarctica melting faster than thought

If all of Antarctica's ice melts, global sea levels are predicted to rise by 190 feet

LiveScience

Invisible barrier that runs through Indonesia finally explained by scientists

Researchers now understand why there is an uneven distribution of animal species on either side of the mysterious boundary, known as the Wallace Line.

The Week

Two young brothers launch model boats to circumnavigate Antarctica

Two brothers from Aberdeenshire have built model boats that they hope will circumnavigate Antarctica. Ollie and Harry Ferguson, 13 and 11, were inspired by the Ross expedition of 1839-43, which led to the discovery of the Ross Ice Shelf. They built one metre-long replicas of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror,…

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The Hindu

A virtual voyage to Antarctica from Birla Science Centre

A virtual voyage to Antarctica

The Guardian - UK

Small wonder: brothers launch model boats to circumnavigate Antarctica

Ollie and Harry Ferguson from Aberdeenshire took inspiration for 12,500-mile journey from Ross scientific expedition of 1839-43

The National (Scotland)

Scots brothers launch replica boats to circumnavigate Antarctica in ‘world first’

Model ships built by two young brothers have been launched on a mission to circumnavigate Antarctica in what is thought to be a world first.

The Conversation

Nel Law stowed away on her husband’s ship to Antarctica. She was the first Australian woman to see its ‘crystalline strangeness’

I know many people born in 1961 – they are my contemporaries and friends. It doesn’t seem so long ago. Their lives and experiences seem modern to me. They don’t seem old: certainly, none of them have problems working their iPhones. And yet, 60 years is aeons ago when it…

The Independent UK

Brothers launch replica boats to circumnavigate Antarctica in ‘world first’

The boats will collect scientific data during their trip which could take two years.

Daily Mirror

Mystery behind 'bleeding' waterfall finally solved as researchers find answers

First discovered in 1911 during a British expedition to Antarctica by researchers, who were shocked to notice a glacier "bleeding" from its tongue onto an ice-covered lake

The Conversation

Why are there hopping mice in Australia but no kangaroos in Asia? It's a long story

The animals in Australia are super-different to those in Asia. This goes without saying; we know Australia is full of weird and wonderful creatures found nowhere else on Earth, such as the platypus and the koala.

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