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Scientists create new map showing ice-free Antarctica in more detail than ever before

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds.

LiveScience

'Queen of icebergs' A23a grounds off South Atlantic wildlife haven

The world's largest iceberg has run aground just off the coast of South Georgia. But what does this mean for the wildlife there?

LiveScience

Iceberg twice the size of Greater London runs aground near South Georgia

The British Antarctic Survey says nutrients from the grounding and melting of the megaberg known as ‘A23a’ may boost food for penguins and seals.

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A23a megaberg: Game of Thrones style ice wall runs aground near British island

The nearly one-trillion-tonne block of ice, known as A23a, has grounded on the continental shelf off South Georgia island

The Independent UK

Call for 'concrete action' on nuclear weapons as Doomsday Clock pushed forward

THE Doomsday Clock being edged forward must spark “concrete action on nuclear disarmament” across the world, campaigners have said ...

The National (Scotland)

Doomsday Clock is now 89 seconds to midnight, what does that mean?

For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock forward by one second.

Al Jazeera

Applications open for the world’s most remote jobs – with all expenses paid

Carpenters, chefs and electricians will want to pack a coat for these Antarctic vacancies

The Independent UK

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“This job is unlike anything I’ve ever done before" – take remote working to a whole new level in one of the most beautiful places on earth

British Antarctic Survey is looking for people to work at its research stations in Antarctica in a range of roles

Advnture

40-year-old 'mega' iceberg — the largest on Earth — is on the move after being trapped in a giant vortex for months

The "megaberg" A23a is on the move again after spinning in one spot for months on end. This is the ice slab's second great escape in as many years after being stuck in place for the first 37 years of its existence.

LiveScience

World’s largest iceberg on the move again after months spinning on the spot

The iceberg is about three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London

The Independent UK

The 300 Brits spending a white Christmas where the sun never sets

It’s business as usual for many

The Independent UK

Scientists Have Found a New Climate Tipping Point — And It’s Not What You Think

The world’s ice sheets are subject to a never-before-identified and worrying climate tipping point, according to the study published this week.

Inverse

Will the Doomsday Clock stand still or creep closer to midnight? Here's how to watch the reveal on Tuesday.

Watch the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' annual Doomsday Clock announcement to find out if 2024 is the year we creep closer than ever to a human-made apocalypse.

LiveScience

Bird Flu Causes Mass Deaths In Fur And Elephant Seal Populations Near Antarctica

Just last week, authorities confirmed that a polar bear in Alaska died after contracting bird flu.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Catastrophic’: bird flu reaches Antarctic for the first time

As the first known cases of H5N1 are detected in the region, scientists fear for the isolated penguin and seal populations that have never been exposed

Salon

Climate change is starving seals

Krill populations are plummeting due to warming waters, which leaves fur seals without meals

The Week

The extinction threat to emperor penguins caused by climate change

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks are thought to have died across Antarctica last year as a result of a “catastrophic breeding failure”.

Space

Satellites reveal catastrophic year for emperor penguins amid climate crisis in Antarctica (photos)

Satellite images reveal mass destruction of emperor penguin colonies in climate change-stricken Antarctica as sea ice melts underneath the birds' feet.

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Newcastle Herald

'It's tough out there.'

Space

Surprise! GPS satellites threatened more by mild solar storms than monster sun flares

Mild solar storms can cause more serious problems to GPS satellites than once-in-a-century events, a new study has found.

Daily Record

Scone man has sub-Antarctic islands named after him at presentation by Sir David Attenborough

When Mike Gloistein from Perthshire announced he planned to retire, he never guessed Sir David Attenborough himself would present him with a certificate and map showing islands near Orkney were being named in his honour.

Evening Standard

Marine heatwaves ‘catastrophic’ for ocean life, say scientists

We should not expect the current high temperatures in the North Sea to leave wildlife unscathed, experts warned

The Guardian - US

‘The impact we have is vast’: scientists look to clean up Antarctica

Waste disposed of in the ocean, abundant microplastics and wildlife exposed to oil – the ‘pristine’ continent of ice has a trash problem

The Guardian - UK

‘I still can’t handle the big ones’: the new wave of spider hunters scouring Britain’s heaths

Having already discovered the presumed extinct great fox-spider, Mike Waite goes hunting on MoD land armed with a pair of his wife’s tights, an old medicine syringe and plastic cups

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

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