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Antarctica

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:39:00 GMT
Automation in place at BAS Halley VI Research Station
In late February, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Halley VI Research Station closed for the 2021/22 season. The season saw some major developments at the station, including several significant improvements and additions to i...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:28:00 GMT
Argentina approves funds for a new polar vessel, to be built with Finnish consultants
The Argentine government has approved the funds for the design and construction of a new polar vessel to complement the activities of ice breaker ARA Almirante Irizar in her task of delivering provisions to the Argentine thirte...

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 09:38:00 GMT
IPCC reveals global impact of human induced climate change
A new report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published on Monday 28 February, has outlined the causes, impacts, and solutions to climate change.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 09:34:00 GMT
Chile submits report on the extended continental shelf west of the Antarctic Peninsula
The Chilean foreign minister Carolina Valdivia on Monday submitted to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf the report on the extended continental shelf to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula. Thi...

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:01:00 GMT
Rescuing 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 GMT
China 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 GMT
Antarctic 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 GMT
Ice 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 GMT
Work 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 GMT
BAS 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 ...



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