Antarctica

SANTIAGO/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In the frozen and desolate expanse of Antarctica, Alejandro Valenzuela Pena is used to a feeling of isolation. Now, however, that has taken on a new meaning as the only continent still free from the coronavirus looks to keep the pandemic out. A view of Fildes…

When a strong earthquake triggered Mount St. Helens’s colossal volcanic explosion on May 18, 1980, the blast obliterated every object within a six-mile radius. It remains the United States’s most powerful, and the world’s fifth most destructive, volcanic event in recent history. Here are more facts to mark the 40th…

Sounding observations using UAVs in the Southern Ocean: (a) launch of a UAV mission; (b) example of a typical flight pattern of the UAV. The colors indicate the ground speed of the aircraft given in m s-1. Credit: Qizhen Sun Severe weather conditions such as low air temperatures and strong…

Scientists have had to skip trips to clean and maintain sensors used for the Ocean Observatories Initiative.Credit: Rebecca Travis/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Twice per year, Ed Dever’s group at Oregon State University in Corvallis heads out to sea off the Oregon and Washington coasts to refurbish and clean more than…

By: AP | Sydney | Updated: April 12, 2020 9:25:35 am Passengers of the Australian cruise ship “Greg Mortimer,” are transported to the international airport in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, April 10, 2020. (AP Photo)More than 100 Australian and New Zealand passengers of the Antarctic cruise ship the Greg Mortimer, most…

I spent some time in Antarctica earlier this year and next to photographing landscapes, I couldn’t help but document the cute penguins. I quickly got addicted to photographing them as they’re just so nice to watch — the funny movements they make, the cute interactions they make with their little…

Six passengers have been brought ashore in Uruguay for further medical treatment and are currently in stable condition Almost 60 percent of people on board a cruise ship bound for Antarctica have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the cruise line Aurora Expeditions confirmed. The Greg Mortimer, a relatively…

Black carbon, the object of this study, is an important contributor to the global anthropogenic radiative forcing. Credit: Luciano Marquetto Black carbon (BC) measurements in Antarctica are still scarce, but necessary to understand the particle's effect in our climate, says Luciano Marquetto, a Ph.D. student from the Polar and Climatic…

Strange particles observed by an experiment in Antarctica could be evidence of an alternative reality where everything is upside down Space 8 April 2020 By Jon Cartwright Graham CarterIN THE Antarctic, things happen at a glacial pace. Just ask Peter Gorham. For a month at a time, he and his…

Although a hole in the ozone layer might sound like a decidedly retro environmental issue, it’s still a problem today. Most eyes are fixed on the skies over Antarctica, but now scientists have spotted the biggest ozone layer hole in at least 25 years forming over the Arctic.The ozone layer…