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Scientists have been following ozone depletion for decades. Over the years, about 70% decrease in the ozone column has been observed in the southern hemispheric spring over Antarctica and according to recent reports, it is still continuing. The...
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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
AP, Tokyo
Japan said Tuesday it will reject any proposal by the International Whaling Commission that halts its research missions in the Antarctic, making it unlikely that a...
made popular Feb 3 2009
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According to the recent study led by scientists from Columbia University, the Antarctic Ozone hole is shrinking in the second half of India and it will be a great...
made popular Jun 16 2008
The ozone hole over the Antarctic is the smallest in the last 5 years! At 25 million square kilometers, though it is still very large, the fact that it is shrinking is...
made popular Nov 17 2007
Oceans - the sole saver of our planet from global warming - now seem to be going hostile in assisting the world in its battle against climate change and foreseen...
made popular May 19 2007
In the past 20 years, the ozone loss in the Antarctic has been ‘massive’. Compared to the same phenomenon in the Arctic, a new study ahs found that the loss...
made popular Dec 26 2006
We all know hat the ozone hole over the Antarctic is recovering. But, it is recently discovered that it will recover nearly 20 years later than previously thought...
made popular Jul 3 2006
Here is a good news for the environmentalists. The ozone hole over the Antarctic, which has all through a concern for scientists, is likely to begin contracting in the...
made popular May 22 2006
The greenhouse gases seem to have reached the stage of no return! They are still building up in the atmosphere rising the planet’s temperature. Though methane is...
made popular May 2 2006
To add to the prolonged healing of the ozone hole, frigid temperatures in Europe and very cold air in the stratosphere have created a mini hole in its layer above the...
made popular Jan 24 2006
It may take 15 years longer to recover from the age old injuries than anticipated. It’s the gaping hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica. But, the question is...
made popular Dec 14 2005
What is Ozone Hole?
The ozone hole is a thinning break in the ozone layer. A depletion in the ozone layers called an ‘ozone hole’ when the detected amount...
made popular Dec 14 2005
NASA researchers determined the seasonal ozone hole that developed over Antarctica this year. It is found to be smaller this year than in previous years. During the...
made popular Dec 7 2005
A sigh of relief from increasing fears of space disasters. Compared to the all-time largest of 2003, the hole in the ozone layer this year will probably be slightly...
made popular Oct 19 2005
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