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Ever wondered what climate change "sounds" like? This six-minute orchestral piece was made from decades of climate data!
Nagai's aim was to convey the complexities of climate change through music, using publicly-availabl…
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Ozone hole largest on record over past 3 years, new research finds
Contrary to public perception, the Antarctic ozone hole has been amongst the largest on record over…
PTI
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Antarctica's sea ice is decreasing, but that seems to also be increasing snowfall over the continent!
Antarctica's ice sheet, like Greenland, comprises a massive reservoir of freshwater. The primary so…
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Stunning video shows Antarctic killer whales appearing to use icebergs as scratching posts, possibly to exfoliate their skin
National Geographic captured the first known footage of killer whales rubbing up against icebergs, …
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Kelsey Vl…
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Around 10,000 penguin chicks died when the Antarctic ice they lived on melted they were still too young to survive in the icy water
The emperor penguin chicks most likely drowned or froze to death because they hadn't yet developed …
Sophia Ankel
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Researchers discovered a hidden Antarctic landscape under a layer of ice over a mile thick that shows how different the continent looked millions of years ago
There are ancient hills and valleys preserved under a thick layer of ice in Antarctica. The frozen …
Jenny McGrath
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Australia used a $528 million icebreaker to pull off a daring Antarctic rescue mission after an expeditioner fell ill at a remote research station
The Nuyina, an Australian research and supply vessel, traveled more than 1,800 miles and cut throug…
Erin Snodgrass
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Indian Government aims to protect the south pole's fragile ecosystems with 'The Indian Antarctic Bill'
The legislation will provide for national measures to protect the Antarctic environment and depende…
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Spate of passenger deaths aboard Antarctic cruises prompts Coast Guard to investigate as the 'treacherous' destination rises in popularity and access
Four Americans died in three separate cruising incidents in Antarctica late last year. Three of the…
Erin Snodgrass
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Antarctic explorers finally find the ill-fated HMS Endurance almost 2 miles below the ocean in 'the world's most challenging shipwreck search'
An expedition found the Endurance ship, which sunk in 1915, in Antarctic waters by using historic c…
Joshua Zitser
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One-third of the Antarctic ice shelf could collapse if the world continues to heat up at its current rate
As climate change is making temperatures soar, more than a third of the Antarctic's ice shelf could…
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Antarctic ice may melt 20 years sooner than estimated — global sea levels likely to rise by an additional three inches by 2100
The fact that the polar ice sheets are melting as the planet gets warmers is no secret. However, sc…
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Arctic explorer rates 9 polar survival scenes In tv shows and movies
Explorer Dwayne Fields looks at nine polar-exploration scenes from popular TV shows and movies and …
Ju Shardlow,Sarah Medroumi
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Remote Antarctic research stations plagued by widespread sexual harassment, with women having to work alongside their abusers for weeks, Australian report finds
The report on Australian stations describes a toxic culture of unwelcome requests for sex, pornogra…
Marianne Guenot
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The sea-level rise from Antarctica's melting ice sheet could be 30% higher than estimated due to an effect scientists previously thought was 'inconsequential,' new study says
The "water expulsion mechanism" means global sea-level rise over the next 1,000 years could be 3.3 …
Marianne Guenot
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Chile jolted with two earthquakes, reports no casualties or damages
According to the National Seismological Centre at the University of Chile, the first quake struc…
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Bizarre heat waves strike Arctic and Antarctic poles, raising them 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit above normal
As the Arctic emerges from the darkest winter days, Antarctica is about to enter them. Atmospheric …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Blue whales are returning to a tiny island in the sub-Antarctic — 50 years after whaling in the region brought them to the brink of extinction
Near a tiny little island in the sub-Antarctic called South Georgia, blue whales were hunted mercil…
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An Antarctic explorer's ship has been discovered 106 years after it sank. Here are 26 other famous shipwrecks around the world.
Navagio Beach in Greece is famous for its shipwreck.turtix/Shutterstock
Talia Lakritz
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Video shows a massive fireball destroying the deck of a supply ship in the Antarctic Ocean
A fire started on MPV Everest in the Antarctic Ocean while it was on its journey back to Australia.…