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Studying global warming in the coldest place on Earth may sound like an oxymoron. But Queens College geologist Stephen Pekar is on a ship off the coast of Antarctica, doing just that.
A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on Sunday.
With the challenges we're facing in the new economy, Mr. Copeland's photographs in Antarctica remind us that the state of the planet and our climate is as important as the changing course of the stock market and the unemployment rates.
Scott Shackleton, relative of legendary polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, fulfills family dream. Ernest Shackleton - South Pole - Whyte & Mackay - Whisky - Antarctica
The anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided Saturday in the icy waters off Antarctica — the second major clash this year in the increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet.
Anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in icy Antarctic waters in the second major clash this year in increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet.
Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in the icy waters off Antarctica on Saturday — the second major clash this year in the increasingly aggressive confrontations between the two sides.
Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says another one of its ships has collided with a Japanese harpoon boat off Antarctica.
In this photo released by Sea Shepherd, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker, left, and Japanese harpoon boat the Yushin Maru 3 collide in the waters off Antarctica. It was the second major clash this year in the increasingly aggressive confrontations between the two sides.
The anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in the icy waters off Antarctica — the second major clash this year.
Sir Ernest Shackleton left a little more behind than his story of exploring Antarctica -- a few cases of century-old whiskey.
Life on Earth hit a particularly rough patch about 250 million years ago, when about 90 percent of marine species went extinct along with about 70 percent of land organisms, including the only large-scale extinction of insects.
According to scientists on Sunday, a drought that has been ongoing in the southwestern region of Australia for more than 30 years has been linked to higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be tied to global warming.
"A gift from the heavens for scotch lovers" has been kept on ice for over one hundred years.
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - A team of UAB researchers is preparing to leave the relative warmth of Birmingham for 3 months in one of the coldest places on earth, Antarctica.
Mendota High School sophomore Alex Brewer had a very eventful journey during his winter break. After a trip from Mendota to Chicago’s O’Hare International, Brewer’s passing pass and passport received a workout until the final destination of the Antarctica peninsula was reached.
