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Antarctic summer sea ice is at record lows. Here's how it will harm the planet, and us
On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...
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 ...
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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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Simplest Explanation For "Anomalous" Signals Coming From Underneath Antarctica Ruled Out
James is a published author with four pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, strange science, ...
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Ancient Wildfires Shaped Antarctica and the Atacama Desert into the Most Extreme Places on Earth
Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.
A Submersible Uncovered Secret Structures. Then, It Vanished Under Antarctic Waters.
In 2022, an international team of scientists sent a 20-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named “Ran” to traverse ...
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Pivotal Role of Snow Deposition and Melting Driving Fluxes of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at Coastal Livingston Island (Antarctica)
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 ...