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The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

Microplastics found in freshly fallen Antarctic snow for first time

New Zealand researchers identified tiny plastics, which can be toxic to plants and animals, in 19 snow samples

The Guardian - AU

Ice world: Antarctica's riskiest glacier is under assault from below and losing its grip

Flying over Antarctica, it’s hard to see what all the fuss is about. Like a gigantic wedding cake, the frosting of snow on top of the world’s largest ice sheet looks smooth and unblemished, beautiful and perfectly white. Little swirls of snow dunes cover the surface.

The Conversation

A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia

Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic. Our research, published today in Nature Climate Change, looks at the profound consequences to global climate if this Atlantic conveyor collapses entirely.

The Conversation

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If this huge Atlantic Ocean current collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia

A more La Niña-like state would mean more flooding rains over eastern Australia and worse droughts and bushfire seasons over southwest United States.

The New Daily

License Plate Lovers Rejoice! Website Features Every Plate From Around The World

There are even license plates from Antarctica listed on the site.

Motor1

China blocks moves to step up protection of emperor penguins

Officials say China has blocked efforts to step up protection of emperor penguins that are increasingly threatened by the effects global warming is having on their natural habitat in Antarctica

The Independent UK

Bacteria with antibiotic resistant genes discovered in Antarctica, scientists say

A bacteria have been discovered in Antarctica with genes that give them natural antibiotic and antim

The Hindu

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Earth’s most extreme farms will help scientists grow food in space

Opinion: Antarctic research plays an important role for space to this day. Here's what we can learn from more than a century of research at the extremes of Earth.

Inverse

Chilling Threat: How Climate Change Could Release World-Ending Super Bacteria

Strains of a “superpower” bacteria that could cause the world’s next deadly pandemic have been discovered by scientists in Antarctica.

Zenger

Let him go: Lanarkshire teen lands once in a lifetime trip to Antarctica

Daniel Ward, 19, will carry out research at the bottom of the globe and feed back findings to locals in his community.

Daily Record

Solo sailor Lisa Blair breaks Antarctic circumnavigation record

Australian solo sailor Lisa Blair has broken the world record for fastest unassisted circumnavigation of Antarctica.

ABC News

Over 100 years of Antarctic agriculture is helping scientists grow food in space

Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to demonstrate the viability of long-term human habitation of extraterrestrial environments. On May 12, 2022, a team of scientists announced that they had successfully grown plants using lunar soil gathered during the Apollo moon…

The Conversation

Trailblazing Mountaineer Takes On Seven Summits Challenge

With two peaks to go, Erin Parisi seeks to become the first transgender person to complete this daunting climbing event.

Zenger

First whales make trails off Hunter's coastline

About 40,000 humpback whales are set to make their annual migration through the winter months from Antarctica to warmer northern waters.

Newcastle Herald

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Inverse

NASA’s plan to put humans back on the Moon hits yet another snag

In today's Inverse Daily, read science stories on NASA’s Moon woes, hidden delights under the Antarctica ice sheet, and female reproductive healthcare.

Reuters

Emperor Penguin at serious risk of extinction due to climate change

The emperor penguin, which roams Antarctica's frozen tundra and chilly seas, is at severe risk of extinction in the next 30 to 40 years as a result of climate change, an expert from the Argentine Antarctic Institute (IAA) warned.

The Conversation

Scientists in Antarctica discover a vast, salty groundwater system under the ice sheet – with implications for sea level rise

A new discovery deep beneath one of Antarctica’s rivers of ice could change scientists’ understanding of how the ice flows, with important implications for estimating future sea level rise.

The Conversation

Toughness has limits: over 1,100 species live in Antarctica – but they're at risk from human activity

It’s hard to survive in bitterly cold Antarctica. But the ice continent is home to more than 1,100 species who have adapted to life on land and in its lakes.

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Daily Mirror

World's most remote post office advertises rare job - which includes counting penguins

Staff working at the Penguin Post Office in Port Lockroy in Antarctica live in a Nissen hut and have no access to running water and very limited communication with the outside world

The Independent UK

British same-sex couple make history with Antarctica wedding

Eric Bourne said his marriage to Stephen Carpenter resulted in ‘the best day’ of his life.

Daily Record

Crew of RSS David Attenborough become first same sex couple to wed in Antarctica

Stewards Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter were married by the captain of the research vessel in the British Antarctic Territory

Wales Online

Welsh groom and partner make history by becoming first same sex marriage in Antarctica

The couple have been together for 20 years before holding their wedding in the chilly setting

ABC News

Antarctica's 1954 Mawson Station team final surviving member John Russell dies aged 101

After a long and adventurous life, the last surviving member of the historical team who built Antarctica's Mawson Station during 1954 passes away.

The Conversation

Warmer summers threaten Antarctica’s giant ice shelves because of the lakes they create

During the Antarctic summer, air temperatures get warm enough to melt snow and ice on the surface of the great ice sheets that make up around 99% of Antarctica. This melted water collects to form thousands of lakes around the edges of this vast continent. Most of these lakes form…

Bangkok Post

Into the deep south

Boldly go where no ordinary traveller has gone before. Surely you owe it to yourself after two years of lockdowns and no-travel zones.

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