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Warm water melts weak spots on Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier', say scientists

Scientists studying Antarctica's vast Thwaites Glacier - nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier - say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature journal showed on Wednesday.

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Fissures speeding up Thwaites glacier melt revealed by deep ice-core camera

Antarctica's Thwaites glacier holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 65 centimetres. New research shows steep terraces and fissures in the glacier shelf are speeding up its melting.

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Antarctic science expedition put on ice due to problems with Australia’s research vessel Nuyina

Ocean voyage to study declining sea ice levels cancelled after RSV Nuyina required repairs, leaving climate scientists dismayed

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Princess of Wales meets polar explorer Captain Preet Chandi and tries out her gruelling training regime

Kate had a go at pulling two tyres each weighing 20kg in a spell of resistance training with record-breaking Antarctic explorer

Evening Standard

Princess of Wales hails ‘incredible’ Polar Preet during school visit

Captain Preet Chandi recently returned to the UK following a record-breaking trip to Antarctica.

The Independent UK

Antarctica’s Only Electric Exploration Vehicle Was Upgraded Because Of Climate Change

The Venturi Antarctica was deployed to the White Continent in December 2021, when temperatures frequently dropped below -50 degrees Fahrenheit. Now though, temperatures are much higher.

InsideEVs

Trevor Noah jokes about Harry at 2023 Grammys

The Duke of Sussex recounted in his book how his genitals had been ‘frostnipped’ during a trip to Antarctica.

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The new Overwatch 2 map in season 3 takes us back to Antarctica

The new map in Overwatch 2 season 3 is a Control map in Antarctica, with three areas and insight into future updates for the multiplayer game

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Space power China to build ground stations on Antarctica to support satellites

China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and United States, is to build ground stations on Antarctica to back its network of ocean monitoring satellites, state media said on Thursday.

Reuters

Green India Challenge Reaching New Heights, 'Inspiring' Environment Flag Hoists On Antarctica

The Green India Challenge, which has been launched with the objective to nurture the Nature and Environment better and providing clean air to mankind, touched another height after its emblematic flag was hoisted on the peak of the highest mountain in Antarctica. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Huge meteorite discovered in Antarctica contains oldest material in solar system

Researchers trekked for days across Antarctica before finding an unusually large meteorite, that contains some of the oldest material in the solar system

The Independent UK

Newton Stewart man organises Burns Supper - in Antarctica

Rob Kerr was one of around 140 people at the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station who celebrated the life of Robert Burns

Daily Record

Scots help hold Burns supper in one of the 'remotest places' on Earth

Around 140 people, including 50 Scots, have gathered for the biggest-ever Burns supper held in Antarctica.

The National (Scotland)

Haggis shipped to Antarctica for 'biggest ever' Burns Night celebration

Haggis was specially delivered to Antartica so that workers at the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station could mark Burns Night at the biggest-ever Burns Supper held on the continent.

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Owner of missing drone found in Franklin River revealed to be Casey Station worker in Antarctica

The search for the owner of a drone lost in a river in central Tasmania has led all the way to the frozen wastes of Antarctica, with the pilot — now based at Casey Station — "hugely thankful" it has been found.

Wales Online

New emperor penguin colony in Antarctica discovered from space

The British Antarctic Survey said this new colony brings the number of emperor penguin breeding sites around the coastline of Antarctica to 66

The Guardian - UK

Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images

Colony of about 500 birds seen in remote region where they face existential threat due to global heating

Reuters

Scientists unearth megaraptors, feathered dinosaur fossils in Chile's Patagonia

Scientists in Chile's Patagonia region are unearthing the southernmost dinosaur fossils recorded outside Antarctica, including remains of megaraptors that would have dominated the area's food chain before their mass extinction.

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Daily Mirror

Boots' clever Twitter post has Prince Harry fans in stitches after Elizabeth Arden claim

The demand for Elizabeth Arden's popular Eight Hour Cream has surged after Prince Harry claimed he used it on his penis to recover from frostbite after a trip to Antarctica

Radio France Internationale

Earth's protective ozone layer on track to heal within 50 years

The Earth’s protective ozone layer is healing at a rate that climatologists believe will see the stratospheric hole over Antarctica fully closed in the next five decades – but challenges remain.

The Guardian - AU

Cold, remote and risky: why Australia is turning to robots to boost its presence in Antarctica

Researchers and engineers team up to identify new technologies to safely delve deeper into the icy continent

France 24

Ozone layer slowly healing, may be restored within decades, says UN

Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Says Ozone Layer Slowly Healing, Hole to Mend by 2066

Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says. A once-every-four-years scientific assessment found recovery in progress, more than 35 years after every nation in the world agreed to…

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How we came to know and fear the Doomsday Glacier

It’s the world’s most vulnerable glacier and key to the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, yet we’re only now getting to know Thwaites Glacier. What took us so long?

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Polar mission to uncover million-year ice

An Australian team has set off on a mission to traverse 1200 kilometres in Antarctica and drill down into ice that is one million years' old.

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