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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.

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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…

The Conversation

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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Polar science threatens to crack under strain of Russia's war in Ukraine

Crucial scientific projects in the Arctic are in limbo as Russia becomes more isolated from the world.

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The South African ship that found Antarctica's Endurance wreck is vital for climate science

It was 1914 when the English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition aboard a ship called Endurance. It was an ill-fated journey: the ship got trapped in the ice and eventually crushed by pack ice in 1915. It sank to the bottom of Antarctica’s Weddell…

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The Indian Antarctic Bill and its various provisions

What are the objectives of the draft? What has India achieved with respect to Antarctic research and exploration?

The Hindu

British charity on hunt for team to help count penguins in Antarctica - here’s how to apply

Those who are successful will be based on Goudier Island in the Antractica Peninsula, alongside a colony of Gentoo penguins

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Centre introduces Antarctica Bill in Lok Sabha

Bill seeks to regulate Indian activities in Antarctica

The Hindu

Mapping out meteorites in Antarctica: scientists' bid to uncover our solar system's deep past

A Belgian-Dutch team of scientists has created the first-ever “treasure map” that shows where in Antarctica meteorites are likely to be found. Meteorites are chunks of stone-like material that can be found on the surface of the Earth after falling from space.

The Conversation

Gallup poll On Energy Production Vs. Climate Protection: Americans Are Split Along Party Lines: CNBC

Russia’s assault on Ukraine has lifted gas prices near record levels, reflecting Western sanctions on the world’s third-largest oil producer. Meanwhile, an ice shelf just disintegrated in Antarctica, and the Great Barrier Reef is suffering mass bleaching caused by record temperatures.

Benzinga

Antarctica heat wave brings enormous temperature jump

A heat wave in Antarctica earlier this month was so extreme that it may be the largest temperature increase above normal ever recorded, according to Robert Rohde, lead scientist at the non-profit Berkeley Earth, who analysed global records.

Bangkok Post

Rapid Retreat Of Sea Ice In Antarctica Explained By ‘Simple Physics Of Sun’s Melting Powers’

Scientists are now trying to determine why the Arctic region does not show similar patterns.

Zenger

Couple celebrates Antarctic 'wedding' on RSV Nuyina's second trip to the southern continent

It was far from the dry, dusty wedding in Western Australia's wheatbelt that Benn Ellard and Briege Whitehead had planned, but when they headed to Antarctica on the RSV Nuyina's second voyage to the icy continent, they started dreaming of a much colder, visually spectacular ceremony.

ABC News

Now Shackleton's Endurance has been found, who determines what happens to the famous shipwreck?

Tonight’s federal budget will include more than A$800 million over ten years to provide a “clear marker” of Australia’s “scientific leadership” in Antarctica.

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What led to Antarctic explorer Captain Scott's death

Captain Robert Falcon Scott lay cold, frostbitten and dehydrated in a tent in Antarctica. He was accompanied by two companions – Edward Wilson and “Birdie” Bowers. Knowing death was near, he lay in his frigid sleeping bag and scrawled final messages to his friends, loved ones, and supporters.

The Conversation

Conger ice shelf has collapsed: what you need to know, according to experts

East Antarctica’s Conger ice shelf – a floating platform the size of Rome – broke off the continent on March 15, 2022. Since the beginning of satellite observations in the 1970s, the tip of the shelf had been disintegrating into icebergs in a series of what glaciologists call calving events.

ABC News

Antarctic ice shelf the size of New York City finally crumbles after heatwave

A huge ice shelf has collapsed in Antarctica, coinciding with a period of intense and unseasonal heat which may have been "the straw that broke the camel's back".

France 24

Polar regions record 'absurd' high temperatures: Weather quirk or unprecedented bad news?

Late last week, temperatures broke all records in both Antarctica and the Arctic, with temperatures up to 40°C above the seasonal average not far from the South Pole. According to experts, these high-levels could be linked to the variations of 'atmospheric rivers', as the role of climate change still has…

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What’s driving record heatwaves in Antarctica and the Arctic, and how they’ll affect wildlife

Heatwaves are bizarre at any time in Antarctica, but particularly now at the equinox as Antarctica is about to descend into winter darkness.

The Conversation

Record-smashing heatwaves are hitting Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously. Here’s what’s driving them, and how they’ll impact wildlife

Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than normal.

ABC News

Antarctic and Arctic heat records have been smashed. What's going on?

Temperature records have been sent tumbling simultaneously in parts of Antarctica and the Arctic. Here's what's happening.

Wales Online

The utterly terrifying temperatures just recorded where it is 40C above normal

Records are being smashed all over the globe as the impact of man-made climate change becomes ever more real

The Guardian - AU

Extremes of 40C above normal: what’s causing ‘extraordinary’ heating in polar regions?

Antarctic and Arctic temperatures have shocked researchers. How unusual are they and what are the consequences?

The Guardian - UK

Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists

Antarctic areas reach 40C above normal at same time as north pole regions hit 30C above usual levels

Tribune News Service

Eastern Antarctica registers temperatures 70 degrees above normal, as ‘unprecedented heat wave’ baffles scientists

Temperatures 70 degrees above normal in eastern Antarctica have baffled scientists, who say that the “unprecedented heat wave” has already changed the way experts think about the Antarctic climate system.

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