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Can you guesstimate how old antarctic ice sheets are? Well, Steven D. Emslie has. The North Carolina university professor uses a particular species of penguins and radio carbon dating methods to determine the age of the Antarctic ice sheets. The...
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Are you an “an adventurous spirit” with a “keen sense of observation” and has the ability to write with “style and imagination”?...
made popular Jul 6 2009
Antarctica: Another natural wonder is about to be blogged.
Following on from the lucky Brit who gets to blog about the Great Barrier Reef comes a new dream blogging...
made popular Jun 30 2009
Stretches of excrement-stained ice that are so large they are visible from space have helped scientists to locate 10 newly discovered emperor penguin colonies in...
made popular Jun 2 2009
AP, Washington
Countries with interests in Antarctica have agreed to impose mandatory limits on tourism to the continent in a bid to protect its fragile environment.
made popular Apr 17 2009
AP, Washington
New information on Antarctica’s regularly melting distant past is giving scientists a glimpse into what may be a flooded future as the planet warms up.
made popular Mar 18 2009
AP, Troll Research Station
Trapped with his ship in Antarctic ice a century ago, explorer Frederick Cook dreaded the approaching “blackness of the long polar night,” the grim winter...
made popular Mar 15 2009
AP, Washington
Changing wind patterns linked to global warming are altering the food chain in Antarctica and may lead to further increases in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
made popular Mar 12 2009
AP, Santiago
Lawmakers from Chile and Argentina met in Antarctica Thursday, preparing to speak with a common voice against Britain’s claim to oil and gas in the southernmost...
made popular Mar 5 2009
AP, Santiago
Lawmakers from Chile and Argentina are meeting in Antarctica to speak with a common voice against Britain’s claim to oil and gas in the southernmost seas.
made popular Mar 5 2009
AP, Los Angeles
A NASA mission to monitor global warming from space ended Tuesday when a satellite plunged into the ocean near Antarctica minutes after launch. An equipment malfunction...
made popular Feb 24 2009
AP, Vandenberg Air Force Base
A rocket carrying a NASA satellite crashed near Antarctica after a failed launch early Tuesday, ending $280 million mission to track global warming from space.
made popular Feb 24 2009
AP, Vandenberg Air Force Base
A rocket carrying a NASA global warming satellite has landed in the ocean near Antarctica after a failed launch.
made popular Feb 24 2009
AP, Troll Research Station
Environment ministers and other representatives of more than a dozen nations are at a remote Norwegian research station in Antarctica to learn more about the danger the...
made popular Feb 23 2009
AP, Sydney
Police boarded the ship of a militant anti-whaling group and seized videotapes of violent clashes between the activists and Japanese whalers, the group said Saturday.
made popular Feb 21 2009
AP, Wellington
The 93-year-old daughter of a survivor of an ill-fated 1912 voyage to the South Pole died Wednesday while retracing her father’s voyage to Antarctica.
made popular Feb 20 2009
AP, Buenos Aires
A cruise ship with 64 passengers and 41 crew members aboard ran aground near an Argentine base in Antarctica on Tuesday, but there were no risks to the people aboard,...
made popular Feb 17 2009
AP, Buenos Aires
A cruise ship with 64 passengers and 41 crew members aboard ran aground near an Argentine base in Antarctica on Tuesday, but there were no risks to the people aboard,...
made popular Feb 17 2009
Eco Factor: Sustainable polar station opens in Antarctica.
Scientists have shown that solar and wind energy don’t just work well in the tropical landscapes by...
made popular Feb 16 2009
AP, Bangkok
The polar oceans are not biological deserts after all.
made popular Feb 15 2009
AP, Bangkok
The polar oceans are not biological deserts after all.
made popular Feb 15 2009
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