Antarctica

Feb. 5, 2021Updated: Feb. 5, 2021 3:56 p.m. 1of6Paul Grisham and his wife Carole Salazar look over his wallet and the items that were inside when he lost the wallet back in 1968 at their home in the San Carlos section of San Diego, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Grisham’s wallet…

Above the frozen ocean, Antarctica can be eerily quiet. Gusts of wind are often all one hears. Below, though, the Southern Ocean is a living soundscape dominated by Weddell seals. These pinnipeds typically emit high-pitched pings that sound like laser guns in a science-fiction movie. But that is not their…

FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press Jan. 28, 2021Updated: Jan. 28, 2021 3:34 p.m. 1of3FILE - In this file photo dated December 10 1995, showing Dutch Professor Paul J. Crutzen, left, receiving the Nobel prize for chemistry from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden. According…

The frozen kingdom of Antarctica may appear featureless from above, but beneath all that ice lies a mysterious and complex world that researchers say could be pivotal to understanding the effects of climate change.  It’s well established that the Antarctic ice sheet has been rapidly losing mass. As ocean temperatures…

Updated 20 hours ago · Published on 24 Jan 2021 7:00PM · A warning to abandon coastal areas sent by accident due to technical error saw Chileans running into the streets in panic and making their way to higher ground out of fear of a tsunami. – EPA pic, January…

A New Addition to The Thing‘s Haunting Legacy Antarctica. 14.2 square kilometers of ice and rock, a stretch of land twice the size of Australia and virtually uninhabited. It’s one of the least hospitable environments the earth has to offer. No wonder people are scared of it. And where there’s fear,…

Resume Reading — We Didn’t Evolve for This Close You've read 1 of 2 free monthly articles. Learn More. Close A lesson from the animal kingdom on why COVID-19 is so deadly to humans. By Claudia Geib January 6, 2021 When a Weddell seal, native to Antarctica, plummets 400 meters beneath…

Studying the areas where ice converges is essential for understanding how sea ice is produced and how sea ice formation changes circulation patterns in the Southern Ocean. In a study by the University of Canterbury, scientists identified an area of thicker-than-expected ice in the Ross Sea that formed due to…

Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Authorities say an expeditioner has been evacuated from Antarctica after a five-day mission that involved Australian, Chinese and American rescuers. The search effort utilized ships, helicopters and planes and covered thousands of miles in east Antarctica, officials said. The expeditioner, an Australian citizen, was rescued from…

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