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It's so hot that Antarctica is going green, as global warming triggers moss explosion
With global warming acting up more and more, the effects are starting to show. Scientists studying banks of moss in Antarctica report that plant life on the continent is blooming. Two species of moss especially are undergoing spectacular development — they used to grow less than a millimeter per year, but now, they’re growing over 3 millimeters per year on average — and they’re turning Antarctica green.
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Antarctic Dispatches
Part One: Miles of Ice Collapsing Into the Sea. Part Two: Looming Floods, Threatened Cities. Part Three: Racing to Find Answers in the Ice. By Justin Gillis. (May 18, 2017)
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Antarctic ice crack takes major turn
One of the biggest icebergs ever seen is a step closer to forming on the edge of the Larsen C shelf. The fissure, which threatens to spawn one of the biggest bergs ever seen, has dramatically changed direction. "The rift has propagated a further 16km, with a significant apparent right turn towards the end, moving the tip 13km from the ice edge," said Swansea University's Prof Adrian Luckman. The calving of the berg could now be very close, he told BBC News.
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Antarctica Is Melting, and Giant Ice Cracks Are Just the Start
The massive iceberg poised to break off the Larsen C Ice Shelf may be a harbinger of a continent-wide collapse that would swamp coastal cities around the world.
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Deepest Dive Under Antarctica Reveals a Shockingly Vibrant World
Our special report offers a rare look at life beneath the frozen continent—where penguins, seals, and exotic creatures thrive.
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Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf Days From Breaking Off
The imminent carving of the vast iceberg is "one of the most dramatic displays of the destruction Exxon and their peers in the fossil fuel industry have unleashed upon the planet."
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Boaty McBoatface obtains 'unprecedented data' from its first voyage
A yellow submarine dubbed Boaty McBoatface has obtained "unprecedented data" from its first voyage exploring one of the deepest and coldest ocean regions on Earth, say scientists. The robotic submersible was given the name originally chosen last year for a new polar research ship by irreverent contestants in a public competition.
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A trillion-tonne iceberg has just snapped off the West Antarctic ice shelf
A TRILLION-tonne iceberg, one of the largest ever recorded, has snapped off the West Antarctic ice shelf, scientists have confirmed.
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Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctica
One of the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from Antarctica, scientists said on Wednesday, creating an extra hazard for ships around the continent as it breaks up. The one trillion tonne iceberg, measuring 5,800 square km, calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica sometime between July 10 and 12, said scientists at the University of Swansea and the British Antarctic Survey.
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Masses of Beautiful Alabaster
Humans have long struggled to describe the grandeur and beauty of icebergs.
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Into the Unknown
His companions died. Food was nearly gone. And Douglas Mawson still had 95 polar miles to go. By David Roberts.
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Scientist Poop Will No Longer Be Pumped into the Antarctic Ocean
Living in Antarctica comes with many challenges, not the least of which is what to do with your poo. It's been a long-standing predicament for the scientists who spend extended periods on the continent, but a research station operated by Australia is now planning to change its poop-removal strategy. And its high-tech solution could help us as we prepare for human visits to other remote environments, like Mars.
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Researchers find secret, warm oasis beneath Antarctica’s ice that could be home to undiscovered species
A study of the subglacial caves could reveal new undiscovered animal or plant species living comfortably due to the heat of an active volcano. By Victor Ferreira.
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Antarctic sea ice levels hit record low, but experts are not sure why
Sea ice levels in Antarctica dropped to a record low this year, but experts say there is not a clear link to climate change. More than 60 meteorologists and scientists from around the world are holding a week-long meeting in Hobart, Tasmania, to better understand sea ice changes on the frozen continent. Dr Jan Lieser from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre said sea ice levels had experienced a “massive increase” in variability over the past few years.
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Iceberg four times the size of Manhattan breaks off Antarctica
An iceberg four times the size of Manhattan, 100-square-mile (259 km²), just broke off from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. A worrying sign with regards to future sea level rise. Pine Island Glacier (PIG) is the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica—one that’s responsible for a quarter of the frozen continent’s ice loss, around 45 billion tons of ice each year. Satellite images taken on 26 September show an open-water gap emerging between the ice shelf and the iceberg, which is about two thirds the size of the Isle of Wight (103 square miles or 267 km²).
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Shuffleboard At McMurdo
"The point of building McMurdo was to get Americans to the South Pole, part of an unpublicized Antarctic base race with the Soviet Union." By Maciej Cegłowski.
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Robert Falcon Scott’s Antarctic Expedition May Have Been Sabotaged
New evidence suggests his second-in-command was to blame. By Kelsey Kennedy.
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A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up in Antarctica
“We’re still trying to figure out what’s going on.” By Kate Lunau.
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Penguins die in 'catastrophic' season
Only two chicks survived in a colony of 36,000 in a "catastrophic" breeding season in east Antarctica.
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Antarctic Adélie penguin colony in jeopardy as Marine Protection Area is rejected
huge colony of Adélie penguins in Antarctica is at risk after an international commission founded to preserve wildlife at the South Pole refused to establish a Marine Protection Area, despite pleas from conservationists. The 18,000 pairs of penguins in Terre Adélie suffered a catastrophic breeding failure at the start of 2017 with only two chicks surviving.
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