Tag: Antarctica
Ocean conservation: EU leads the international effort to establish new Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica
Today, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius hosted a ministerial meeting to build support among the Members of the Commission for the Conservation…
Extreme Melt on Antarctica’s George VI Ice Shelf
Surface meltwater ponding is potentially dangerous to ice shelves. Antarctica’s northern George VI Ice Shelf experienced record melting during the 2019-2020 summer season compared…
Strange creatures accidentally discovered beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves
Far underneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic, there’s more life than expected, finds a recent study in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. During…
Brunt Breaking Up with Antarctica this Year?
A crack on the Antarctic ice shelf grew dramatically in late 2020 into 2021. Two years after the Brunt Ice Shelf seemed poised to produce…
Antarctica ice shelves vulnerable to meltwater that could cut ice ’like a knife,’ study finds
Meltwater could undermine the walls of ice holding back Antarctica’s glaciers, scientists reported on Wednesday, a finding that underscores concern about the potential for a…
Antarctica: 60% of ice shelves at risk of fracture, research suggests
Fracture at the front of Ross ice shelf, the largest in Antarctica. A platform of ice nearly four times the size of the UK is…
Antarctica’s A-68: Is the world’s biggest iceberg about to break up?
At around 5,100 sq km, the behemoth has been the largest free-floating block of ice in Antarctica since it broke away from the continent in…
Antarctica Experiences First Known Heat Wave
Scientists have recorded Antarctica’s first documented heat wave, warning that animal and plant life on the isolated continent could be drastically affected by climate change….
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