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Toughness has limits: over 1,100 species live in Antarctica – but they're at risk from human activity

It’s hard to survive in bitterly cold Antarctica. But the ice continent is home to more than 1,100 species who have adapted to life on land and in its lakes.

The Conversation

British same-sex couple make history with Antarctica wedding

Eric Bourne said his marriage to Stephen Carpenter resulted in ‘the best day’ of his life.

The Independent UK

Same-sex couple make history after tying the knot in the Antarctic

They were married on the RRS Sir David Attenborough in British Antarctic Territory

Manchester Evening News

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British Antarctic Territory to hold its first same-sex wedding

Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter, who work on RRS Sir David Attenborough, hope to tie the knot on Monday

The Guardian - UK

Antarctica's 1954 Mawson Station team final surviving member John Russell dies aged 101

After a long and adventurous life, the last surviving member of the historical team who built Antarctica's Mawson Station during 1954 passes away.

ABC News

Warmer summers threaten Antarctica’s giant ice shelves because of the lakes they create

During the Antarctic summer, air temperatures get warm enough to melt snow and ice on the surface of the great ice sheets that make up around 99% of Antarctica. This melted water collects to form thousands of lakes around the edges of this vast continent. Most of these lakes form…

The Conversation

The South African ship that found Antarctica's Endurance wreck is vital for climate science

It was 1914 when the English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition aboard a ship called Endurance. It was an ill-fated journey: the ship got trapped in the ice and eventually crushed by pack ice in 1915. It sank to the bottom of Antarctica’s Weddell…

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The Indian Antarctic Bill and its various provisions

What are the objectives of the draft? What has India achieved with respect to Antarctic research and exploration?

The Hindu

Centre introduces Antarctica Bill in Lok Sabha

Bill seeks to regulate Indian activities in Antarctica

The Hindu

Mapping out meteorites in Antarctica: scientists' bid to uncover our solar system's deep past

A Belgian-Dutch team of scientists has created the first-ever “treasure map” that shows where in Antarctica meteorites are likely to be found. Meteorites are chunks of stone-like material that can be found on the surface of the Earth after falling from space.

The Conversation

Antarctica heat wave brings enormous temperature jump

A heat wave in Antarctica earlier this month was so extreme that it may be the largest temperature increase above normal ever recorded, according to Robert Rohde, lead scientist at the non-profit Berkeley Earth, who analysed global records.

Bangkok Post

Rapid Retreat Of Sea Ice In Antarctica Explained By ‘Simple Physics Of Sun’s Melting Powers’

Scientists are now trying to determine why the Arctic region does not show similar patterns.

Zenger

Now Shackleton's Endurance has been found, who determines what happens to the famous shipwreck?

Tonight’s federal budget will include more than A$800 million over ten years to provide a “clear marker” of Australia’s “scientific leadership” in Antarctica.

The Conversation

Conger ice shelf has collapsed: what you need to know, according to experts

East Antarctica’s Conger ice shelf – a floating platform the size of Rome – broke off the continent on March 15, 2022. Since the beginning of satellite observations in the 1970s, the tip of the shelf had been disintegrating into icebergs in a series of what glaciologists call calving events.

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ABC News

Antarctic ice shelf the size of New York City finally crumbles after heatwave

A huge ice shelf has collapsed in Antarctica, coinciding with a period of intense and unseasonal heat which may have been "the straw that broke the camel's back".

Reuters

Thinning Antarctic ice shelf finally crumbles after heatwave

An East Antarctica ice shelf disintegrated this month following a period of extreme heat in the region, according to scientists.

France 24

Polar regions record 'absurd' high temperatures: Weather quirk or unprecedented bad news?

Late last week, temperatures broke all records in both Antarctica and the Arctic, with temperatures up to 40°C above the seasonal average not far from the South Pole. According to experts, these high-levels could be linked to the variations of 'atmospheric rivers', as the role of climate change still has…

Zenger

Whales’ Response To La Niña, Lack Of Antarctic Krill Found In Baleen

Researchers have compared climate records and found a connection with isotopes stored in filter-feeding whale tissue.

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Daily Mirror

'Freakish' heatwaves at both of Earth's poles leaves climate scientists baffled

Data from the Antarctic showed on average the continent was around 4.8C warmer than recorded between 1970 and 2000 while the Arctic was up 3.3C, leaving experts baffled

The New Daily

What’s driving record heatwaves in Antarctica and the Arctic, and how they’ll affect wildlife

Heatwaves are bizarre at any time in Antarctica, but particularly now at the equinox as Antarctica is about to descend into winter darkness.

The Conversation

Record-smashing heatwaves are hitting Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously. Here’s what’s driving them, and how they’ll impact wildlife

Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than normal.

Reuters

New Zealand suspends Antarctic patrol ship project, cites COVID budget impact

New Zealand's Ministry of Defence said it has suspended plans to build an Antarctic and Southern Ocean patrol vessel because planned spending is being reassessed due to the impact on the government's budget of costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABC News

Antarctic and Arctic heat records have been smashed. What's going on?

Temperature records have been sent tumbling simultaneously in parts of Antarctica and the Arctic. Here's what's happening.

The Guardian - AU

Extremes of 40C above normal: what’s causing ‘extraordinary’ heating in polar regions?

Antarctic and Arctic temperatures have shocked researchers. How unusual are they and what are the consequences?

The Guardian - UK

Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists

Antarctic areas reach 40C above normal at same time as north pole regions hit 30C above usual levels

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