Antarctica
Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:01:00 GMTRescuing juvenile Magellan penguins along the Uruguayan coast
Uruguayan marine life protection organizations have come across an unexpected number of juvenile penguins on their annual transit to less frigid waters in neighboring southern Brazil.
Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:35:00 GMTChina decries Australia's Antarctica plans
The Government of China has voiced its concerns over Australia’s US$ 570 million plan to boost its scientific and strategic presence in Antarctica, which would involve a fleet of surveillance drones and long-range helicopters...
Thu, 24 Feb 2022 07:47:00 GMTAntarctic sea ice set of a new record low minimum, Greenpeace
Greenpeace reports that data from the National Sea Ice Data Center shows that this year Antarctic sea ice will reach the lowest extent on satellite record. Preliminary measurements show the sea ice around the continent has surp...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:36:00 GMTIce core drilling in Antarctica to discover environment evolution over the last 1,5 million years
The first ice core drilling campaign of Beyond Epica-Oldest Ice has been successfully completed at the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica – one of the most extreme places on Earth. By analyzing a deep ice core extracted...
Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:05:00 GMTWork to fully reopen Argentina's Petrel Base in Antarctica goes on
Argentine Navy's ARA Puerto Argentino sloop has sucessfully unloaded supplies and machinery this week at the Petrel Base in Antarctica, it was reported. A self-propelled pontoon built entirely at the Tandanor–CINAR shipyard w...
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:17:00 GMTBAS joins project to overcome shortage of berths for scientific researchers in polar regions
British Antarctic Survey has teamed up with the National Oceanography Centre and the University of Glasgow to champion the FindAScienceBerth project, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. The project will open up ...
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:48:00 GMTTall ships gather at Rio de Janeiro for naval parade
Ships from all navies in the region keep arriving at Río de Janeiro for the Velas Latinoamérica 2022 (Latin American Sails 2022) parade scheduled for Feb. 22
Sat, 12 Feb 2022 18:20:00 GMTAntarctica thick ice conditions challenge RRS Sir David Attenborough and Le Commandant Charcot
RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) has collaborated with the cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot in its efforts to deliver critical science cargo to the English Coast, Antarctica in support of the International Thwaites Glacie...
Sat, 12 Feb 2022 10:27:00 GMTScientific survey of penguins response to climate change in Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica
An international team of scientists, including two from the University of Bath, has just arrived back from an expedition studying penguin colonies in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and Antarctic Peninsula, reports Phys-or...
Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:32:00 GMTHMS Protector officer visits "his island" in Antarctica
No man is an island – apart from Royal Navy officer Lieutenant Commander Dave Pitt. Currently deployed on survey ship HMS Protector, Lt Cdr Pitt has become possibly the first Pitt to set foot on the Pitt Islands.