Antarctica

Over the past few months, the phrase “social distancing” has entered our lexicon. Many of us have found ourselves separated from family and friends—or at least from our normal social lives. As humans grapple with pandemic-induced isolation, science is starting to offer insight into what may be happening in our brains…

A satellite image of Antarctica. Credit: USGS, via Wikipedia, Public Domain The warmer it gets, the faster Antarctica loses ice—and much of it will disappear forever. Consequences for the world's coastal cities and cultural heritage sites would be detrimental, from London to Mumbai, and from New York to Shanghai. That's…

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Website of the YearWorld14 Sep, 2020 11:09 PM3 minutes to readA humpback whale swims in the East Alligator River in the Kakadu National Park in Australia's Northern Territory. Photo / APMarine authorities were puzzled on Monday over how to persuade at least one wayward humpback whale to leave a murky,…

Although whales are sometimes seen off the Northern Territory coast, it is believed to be the first time one has been spotted in thKakadu National Park A trio of humpback whales—usually bound for Antarctica this time of year—took a wrong turn, heading up a crocodile-infested north Australian river with scientists…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At this very moment a vast world exists that’s free of the coronavirus, where people can mingle without masks and watch the pandemic unfold from thousands of miles away.That world is Antarctica, the only continent without COVID-19. Now, as nearly 1,000 scientists and others who wintered over…

Help me, Mum! Heartbreaking moment a seal pup is swallowed by the waves of the Atlantic while his mother fends off the advances of a male trying to breed with herPup seal was swallowed by the waves while his mother was not lookingHarrowing moment broadcast on Atlantic: A Year in the…

Newly discovered deep seabed channels beneath Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica may be the pathway for warm ocean water to melt the underside of the ice. Data from two research missions, using aircraft and ship, are helping scientists to understand the contribution this huge and remote glacier is likely to…

View of a glacier at Chiriguano Bay in South Shetland Islands, Antarctica on November 07, 2019. (Photo: Johan Ordonez, Getty Images) As the world’s ice sheets have been cracking up and melting down, climatologists have warned that further decimation could cause devastating levels of sea level rise. Now, a recent…

Slime moulds aren't well known, but they can be found everywhere, even in Antarctica. Here's a close-up look at these magical, colourful and tiny little creatures.Hollett says this genus of slime mould called Lamproderma is known for its iridescent colours. (Submitted by Jeff Hollett)What the heck are those things? They…