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Ice melt in Antarctica and Greenland is slowing Earth's rotation, affecting timekeeping: Study
Ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, driven by global warming, is affecting timekeeping the wor…
PTI
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South Pole Secret! Massive network of prehistoric valleys, lakes and hills found deep under Antarctica
Antarctica might be a vast ice sheet today, but it wasn't always so. Portions of the southern conti…
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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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Big whales eat 3 times as much as previously thought, which means killing them for food and blubber is even more harmful to the environment
A decadelong study tagged over 300 baleen whales to understand how much they eat. It found that the…
Marianne Guenot
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The air is so dry in Antarctica that chips and popcorn never go stale. It also wrecks your skin, according to someone working there
Conditions at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station are rough in the winter, according Joe Horneman…
Marianne Guenot
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Methane is mysteriously leaking from the sea floor in Antarctica, edging global heating to a point of no return
Microorganisms that could have consumed the methane took years to arrive, causing the gas to still …
Sinéad Baker
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What’s wrong with Antarctica? NASA says it’s gaining more ice than losing
If the 0.27 millimeters per year of sea level rise attributed to Antarctica in the IPCC report is n…
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About 3 trillion tonnes of Antarctic ice has melted over the past 25 years
Antarctica is shedding ice at an alarming rate. Using the data recorded by satellites, researchers …
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A luxury travel company exec says Japan, Slovenia, and Antarctica will be the hottest travel destinations of 2020
Bloomberg's second luxury summit, which this year focused on sustainability in the luxury sector, d…
Katie Warren
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Antarctica is shedding a colossal iceberg that could fill Lake Michigan
"Large calving events such as this are normal processes of a healthy ice sheet, ones that have occu…
Dave Mosher
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A mariner wants to lasso and tow a 125-million-ton iceberg from Antarctica to solve South Africa's water crisis
The team's first step would be to use satellite data to find a berg of the desired shape and size. …
Aylin Woodward
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Forget Diamond Planets, South Pole Could Be Rich In Sparklers
If you are too fond
of sparklers and always wanted to take a trip to one of the carbon-rich planets…
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A British army captain has become the second person ever to cross Antarctica alone and unaided. He retraced the steps of a friend who died.
Both O'Brady and Rudd kept their load light, since neither man got resupplied. That means they had …
Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki
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5 common 'facts' about Earth that everyone gets wrong
The spin of the Earth slightly flattens the poles. Creating a bulge of rock at the equator. Scienti…
Dave Mosher
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A 1 trillion-ton iceberg has broken off Antarctica, and scientists say it's one of the largest ever recorded
"Large calving events such as this are normal processes of a healthy ice sheet, ones that have occu…
Dave Mosher
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A CEO who worked in Antarctica as a teen says 2 lessons he learned in the ice still serve him today
And so, Grainger's first adult job was as a field assistant in the Antarctic. "Anything involving l…
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The Most Popular Map Of The World Is Highly Misleading
The most popular version is the Mercator projection, created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Merca…
Christina Sterbenz
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Both Democrats and Republicans in North Carolina say misinformation is complicating Hurricane Helene relief efforts
Donald Trump and others have shared false claims about the federal hurricane response. Officials sa…
Katie Balevic
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Celestial dance: Lunar and solar eclipses in 2024
In 2024, four eclipses in total will occur – two solar and two lunar eclipses. The first one of the…
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I quit my job to go on the 3-year Life at Sea cruise that was canceled. I still haven't received a refund.
Adam is one of dozens of would-be passengers who made preparations for a three-year cruise only for…