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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.
On this episode, we talk about dogs chasing kangaroos, whiskey in Antarctica, DVD releases, and Tom O'Hara shares advice and stories from his experiences working for newspapers.
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.
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...
A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the south Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday.
Fifty years after 12 countries signed the Antarctic Treaty, TIME looks back at who discovered the coldest place on earth -- and who remains in a place where the average temperature is -58°F
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.
An important report from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) shows things aren’t always what they seem to be, and that our knowledge of our complex Earth is not a good as we thought. Sometimes problems are not what they seem to be, and sometimes a problem in one sense carries unknown benefits in other senses. The BAS is a global leader in studying the Antarctic, and it has recently published the ...
Photo by Mike Figgis If Paul D. Miller was an insect, he'd have extraordinarily long antennae. Miller, who makes music under the name DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, is a walking encyclopedia of music, known for a catholicity of taste that makes room for everyone from John Cage to Kool Keith. And his expansive curiosity extends beyond the cultural, to the environmental and political; his newest ...
Quickening ice loss in West Antarctica will likely contribute heavily to a projected sea level rise of up to 1.4 metres (4.5 feet) by 2100, according to a major scientific report released Tuesday.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Map by Mike Reagan On the first of December 1959, 12 nations signed a pact freezing territorial claims and banning military activity in Antarctica. It isn't human-free (29 nations have research stations there, and 11 people have been born on the continent), but it remains remarkably untouched. Here's a tour. Infographic: The Antarctic Treaty Turns 50 1. The Weddell and Ross Seas continental ...
It might be better for the environment to divvy up territories in Antarctica rather than abide by the toothless Antarctic Treaty.
