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Antarctica served as a climatic refuge for animals during the world's largest known, and probably global warming-fueled, mass extinction event, according to new research that focused on one scrappy survivor.
Ships in the southern Pacific Ocean have been 'put on alert' in recent days as maritime authorities monitor the menacing movements of literally hundreds of huge icebergs drifting slowly toward New Zealand from Antarctica.
The largest known mass extinction in Earth's history, about 252 million years ago at the end of the Permian Period, may have been caused by global warming. A new fossil species suggests that some land animals may have survived the end-Permian extinction by living in cooler climates in Antarctica.
Antarctica served as a climatic refuge for animals during the world's largest known, and probably global warming-fueled, mass extinction event, according to new research that focused on one scrappy survivor.
Find out how one distant ancestor of mammals beat the heat during one of the world's worst mass extinctions.
Sunflower School’s science club got a glimpse into the life of a CReSIS researcher who lives in Antarctica and gathers data on the ice sheets in the southern hemisphere.
It's easy to get mixed up when talking to Paul D. Miller. You want to call him DJ Spooky, or Spooky, and you almost want...
The U.S. Navy did not allow female scientists to travel to Antarctica until 1969.
Explorer Ernest Shackleton's cabin in Antarctica is slowly deteriorating. While working to remove ice from underneath the hut that was causing fungus to grow, scientists made an interesting discovery -- cases of whisky that had fused to the underlying rock. Freelance journalist Emily Stone describes the find.
CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A group of international scientists has published what it calls the first comprehensive review of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to global warming.
Artist Claire Beynon Will Speak of her Relationship to The White Continent By Tessa Mills Dunedin, UK - Artist Claire Beynon has spent two seasons in Antarctica working collaboratively with US polar scientists. In this image-rich presentation, Claire will speak of her relationship to The White Continent, focusing in on the calligraphic beauty of ice and the hidden wonders of the microcosmic ...
Two seniors from Hunters Lane High School are leaving for Antarctica the day after Christmas to study climate change.
Powerful westerly winds in the south Pacific have steered a flotilla of icebergs initially headed toward New Zealand to the east, away from the nation, according to an oceanographer at New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.A shipping alert was distributed last week while maritime authorities monitored the icebergs as they drifted from Antarctica toward New Zealand's ...
A major scientific report released on Tuesday showed that rapid ice loss in West Antarctica will likely contribute heavily to a projected sea level rise of up to 4.5 feet by 2100, AFP reported.For years scientists believed that most of Antarctica's continent-sized ice sheet was highly resistant to global warming, and that the more vulnerable West Antarctic ice block would remain intact for ...
The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system has just been published. The review -- Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment -- presents the latest research from the icy continent, identifies areas for future scientific research, and addresses the urgent questions that policy makers have about Antarctic melting, sea ...
Antarctica has been protected from the most damaging effects of climate change by the impact of one of the worst environmental disasters of the 20th century, the hole in the ozone layer, research published today revealed. However, the study has also found that increased melting of some parts of the ice cap around the south pole will cause sea levels to rise much higher than previously expected.
