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Time to share Antarctic stations and reform the treaty – Paul Broady
In December, China started building a new Antarctic research station, which shouldn’t have happened until the proposal had been considered […]
Continue readingAntarctic ice loss – Expert Reaction
Antarctica has lost about 3 trillion tonnes of ice since 1992, which corresponds to a sea-level rise of around 8 […]
Continue readingOzone levels still decreasing away from poles – Expert Reaction
While the ozone holes in the poles are recovering, ozone levels are still dropping everywhere else between Russia to the […]
Continue readingRoss Sea region Marine Protected Area – Expert reaction
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 […]
Continue readingMethane emissions from burning fossil fuels higher than expected – In the News
Researchers looking at air trapped within Antarctic ice have found humans are putting more methane into the atmosphere through fossil […]
Continue readingLarsen C iceberg breaks away – Expert Reaction
After weeks of teasing, a trillion-tonne iceberg has calved off the Larsen C ice shelf into the sea. A UK […]
Continue readingSummer arrives along with Antarctic research – In the News
With the summer season kicking off, it’s not all BBQs and beaches: many scientists are heading south for the Antarctic […]
Continue readingRoss Sea gets protected area – In the News
At its annual meeting in Hobart last week, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) unanimously […]
Continue readingAntarctic glaciers in hot water – Expert Reaction
Hundreds of metres of solid ice were lost from West Antarctica’s glaciers between 2002 and 2009, according to a US-led […]
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