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More and more tourists are flocking to Antarctica. Let’s stop it from being loved to death
Visitor numbers to Antarctica could reach 450,000 a year within a decade, according to one scenario. How do we stem the tide?
Low Antarctic sea ice can trigger ecosystem disruptions
Antarctic sea ice is more than just a platform for penguins. The sea ice's high reflectivity influences the whole Earth's ...
'Completely unexpected': Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity
The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...
Antarctic summer sea ice is at record lows. Here’s how it will harm the planet – and us
New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to ...
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Shrinking Antarctic sea ice is warming the ocean faster than expected
Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...
Near Antarctica, Saltier Seas Mean Less Ice, Study Finds
A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...
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Pivotal Role of Snow Deposition and Melting Driving Fluxes of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at Coastal Livingston Island (Antarctica) - ACS Publications
The atmosphere–land–ocean dynamics of semivolatile organic compounds in polar regions is poorly understood, also for the abundant and ubiquitous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We report the ...