Antarctica

In an alarming statement, the director-general of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned today there are now more new infections of the COVID-19 coronavirus occurring outside of China than inside. That suggests the disease is rapidly spreading across new countries. In remarks today, Ghebreyesus said (via The…

NATURE BRIEFING 24 February 2020 Island hidden by ice, top tips for new PIs and how to prepare for a coronavirus pandemic. Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here Researchers first spotted this rocky outcrop in Pine Island…

21 February 2020 : Friday Feb 2020 : Friday See More Photos of:  Antarctica, Camera Gear, Sony a7S, Travel Emergency Pickup in Antarctica Here’s Where the Starman is Located? Check out this rather hilarious website that shows exactly where Elon’s Roadstar is currently located in space. Daily Photo – Emergency Pickup…

Above: The EAIIST traverse caravan seen from above by a research drone, on the East Antarctic Plateau more than 300 miles (450 kilometers) south of Concordia Station. All photos taken by Pete Akers unless otherwise noted.Editor's note: Paleoclimate researcher Pete Akers (Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement or IGE in Grenoble,…

Right now the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and transforming in massively consequential ways. Rapidly melting permafrost is gouging holes in the landscape. Thousands of years’ worth of wet accumulated plant matter known as peat is drying out and burning in unprecedented wildfires.…

During past glacial periods the earth was about 6ºC colder and the Northern hemisphere continents were covered by ice sheets up to 4 kilometers thick. However, the earth would not have been so cold, nor the ice sheets so immense, if it were not for the effects of sea ice…

Image: APIt’s apparent that where there are people, there is sexual harassment—and unfortunately, sparsely populated regions, such as Antarctica, have proven to be no different. In a new paper, Meredith Nash, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Tasmania, makes the case that in order to curb harassment…

Andrew Peacock / Getty Images Antarctic Peninsula. Women scientists face enough barriers to conducting polar research in Antartica, says professor Meredith Nash — the clothing is ill-fitting and managing menstruation discreetly is near impossible."It is a place set up for white men," Nash told BuzzFeed News.But it is also a…

IMAGE: North-South ocean currents are shown at different depths in the ocean, with their strength and direction indicated by the arrows. The density of the water increases with depth, from low... view more  Credit: IBS During past glacial periods the earth was about 6ºC colder and the Northern hemisphere continents were…

A research station on an island in the Antarctic recorded a new record-high temperature for the region — less than a week after the temperature record was shattered on the Antarctic continent. It was 69 degrees Fahrenheit in the Antarctic on Sunday. Brazilian scientists venture out to the remote Seymour…