Antarctica
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:40:00 GMTOldest marine DNA in Antarctica retrieved
Researchers from Australia's University of Tasmania have reportedly found the oldest marine DNA in history in the Scotia Sea in Antarctica, according to an article carried by the journal Nature Communications. The study also in...
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:43:00 GMTChilean Senator outraged at Argentine ministers' Antarctica trip
A Chilean opposition Senator has voiced his concern over the recent presence of Argentine Ministers Jorge Taiana, Daniel Filmus, and Carla Vizotti in Antarctica, as both countries' claims over the territory overlap
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:20:00 GMTSuggested improvements to the Argentine toothfish fisheries if an MSC certification is to be achieved
Argentine scientists from INIDEP have presented a paper on toothfish biologic-catches in the Argentine dissostichus eleginoides fisheries, based on data collected from operations in 2021. The information for the paper originate...
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:09:00 GMTArgentine ministers convene in Antarctica
Argentine Ministers Daniel Filmus (Science), Carla Vizzotti (Health), and Jorge Taiana (Defense) convened at Antarctica's Marambio Base to announce the construction of three new laboratories and other undertakings in the area.
Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:43:00 GMTIAATO advances climate strategy and collects all Antarctica visitors fuel data consumption
Members of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) will for the first time submit seasonal fuel consumption data to the Association’s secretariat as part of a unanimous pledge to create a climate ch...
Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:57:00 GMTArgentine scientists studying death of Southern right whales on the Patagonia coast
Members of Argentina's INIDEP, the Fisheries Research and Development Institute, are working in Puerto Madryn to determine the cause of the sudden increase in the death of the Southern right whale, with dead corpses along the c...
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:55:00 GMTScience tries to solve the mystery of lantern-fish, but for King penguins they are a delicious snack
A new study, led by British Antarctic Survey and the University of Bristol, provides the first evidence that a controversial evolutionary process may be responsible for lantern-fishes becoming one of the most diverse families o...
Sat, 10 Sep 2022 09:58:00 GMTAerovías DAP to up flights to Antarctica by 30%
The Punta Arena-based Chilean carrier Aerovías DAP plans to operate over 150 flights to Antarctica between November 2022 and March of 2023, an increase of 30% over last summer, it was announced.
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:13:00 GMTBritish Antarctic Survey is releasing 25 years of aerogeophysical data
Over the past 50 years, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has been one of the significant acquirers of aero geophysical data over Antarctica, providing scientists with gravity, magnetic, and radar datasets that have been centr...
Mon, 29 Aug 2022 10:19:00 GMT"The Arctic is strategic for NATO"; US going to appoint its first ambassador to the polar region
"The Arctic is of great importance for NATO," and the Western alliance must give priority to its military presence in the polar region, NATO's chief Jens Stoltenberg said in a Sunday interview with the German newspaper Welt am ...