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Antarctica

Study links Antarctic ice records with early Māori settlement – Expert Reaction

Study links Antarctic ice records with early Māori settlement – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 October 202108 October 2021

An overseas research team has studied Antarctic ice core records, finding a threefold increase in black carbon during the past […]

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Budget 2021 – Expert Reaction

Budget 2021 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 20 May 202121 May 2021

The government is increasing benefits, overhauling the health system, and funding green technologies in its latest Wellbeing Budget. Money is […]

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Antarctic science shrunk for COVID-19 – Expert Reaction

Antarctic science shrunk for COVID-19 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 June 202009 June 2020

Antarctica New Zealand is limiting its activities in the world’s only COVID-19-free continent, in an effort to keep it that […]

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Climate change effects on ocean and ice – Expert Reaction

Climate change effects on ocean and ice – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 25 September 201926 September 2019

A new report has highlighted the urgent need to address climate change to protect the world’s oceans and frozen places. […]

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Time to share Antarctic stations and reform the treaty – Paul Broady

Time to share Antarctic stations and reform the treaty – Paul Broady

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 16 July 201811 February 2019

In December, China started building a new Antarctic research station, which shouldn’t have happened until the proposal had been considered […]

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Antarctic ice loss – Expert Reaction

Antarctic ice loss – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 June 201812 February 2019

Antarctica has lost about 3 trillion tonnes of ice since 1992, which corresponds to a sea-level rise of around 8 […]

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Ozone levels still decreasing away from poles – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 February 201811 April 2018

While the ozone holes in the poles are recovering, ozone levels are still dropping everywhere else between Russia to the […]

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Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 30 November 201711 April 2018

Sweeping new protections for Antarctica’s Ross Sea will come into effect on Friday 1 December.  After five years of debate, the marine protected area […]

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Methane emissions from burning fossil fuels higher than expected – In the News

In the News  |  Published: 24 August 2017

Researchers looking at air trapped within Antarctic ice have found humans are putting more methane into the atmosphere through fossil […]

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Larsen C iceberg breaks away – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 13 July 201703 August 2018

After weeks of teasing, a trillion-tonne iceberg has calved off the Larsen C ice shelf into the sea. A UK […]

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