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- Record Antarctic Stratospheric Warming Causes Sept. 2019 Global Temperature Update Confusion Sat, 5 Oct 19, 7:00amFrom Dr. Roy Spencer’s Blog October 4th, 2019 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. While the vast majority of our monthly global temperature updates are pretty routine, September 2019 is proving to be a unique exception. The bottom...
- Antarctica was warmer one thousand years ago — and life was OK Thu, 11 Jul 19, 3:42amRemember when polar amplification was the rage? So much for that theory Antarctica is twice the size of the US or Australia. Buried 2 km deep under domes of snow, it holds 58 meters of global sea level to ransom. The IPCC...
- Antarctic Sea Ice lowest in 40 years, but no one knows why — “back to drawing board” Fri, 5 Jul 19, 7:19pmPut it in a history book: scientists are sounding like scientists — admitting they don’t understand Antarctic Sea Ice set records in 2014, but then in 2016 it rapidly declined and hasn’t recovered, indeed...
- Antarctica loses record amount of ice Thu, 4 Jul 19, 4:30amA new study using satellite images of Antarctica reveals a remarkable spike in ice melt over the last five years. Although the extent of the ice was expanding since 1974, after 2014, Antarctica lost nearly 810,815 square...
- NASA finds cavity the size of Manhattan underneath Antarctic glacier Fri, 8 Feb 19, 5:30amNASA just made a disturbing discovering underneath the Antarctic ice. A team led by the space agency found a huge cavity — around 1,000 feet high — under a glacier in Antarctica, and it is steadily expanding in size.[...]
- Far Southern Ocean cools. Kiss Goodbye to polar amplication around Antarctica Thu, 13 Dec 18, 4:46pmA map of the sea surface zone that has cooled since 1979 — from 56S – 72S . It’s a pretty big area. Click to enlarge. For years the IPCC have said that warming would be amplified at the poles. They warned...
- Dutch couple to drive a solar-powered, 3D-printed vehicle to the South Pole Wed, 31 Oct 18, 3:30amIn a bid to promote zero-waste lifestyles, Edwin and Liesbeth ter Velde of Clean2Antarctica will soon embark on a thrilling adventure to one of the coldest places on Earth — Antarctica...
- Previously stable zones of Antarctica are now falling victim to climate change Thu, 2 Aug 18, 9:30amUnlike its counterpart, West Antarctica, which has long been decimated by melting ice caps, East Antarctica used to be a safe zone - something scientists could depend on as a constant while they solved the more pressing destruction...
- About 90% of world's largest king penguin colony has mysteriously disappeared Wed, 1 Aug 18, 7:15amRecent satellite images and a new study show that only 200,000 of the two million king penguins who lived on the French island of Île aux Cochons in 1982 still remain...
- Krill fishers partner with Greenpeace to protect Antarctic wildlife Wed, 11 Jul 18, 6:00amAn unlikely alliance has formed between krill fishing companies and environmental protection groups over a common cause: protecting the Antarctic Ocean and its marine life...
- West Antarctica's bedrock is rising, providing some protection to melting ice Sat, 23 Jun 18, 2:00amIt seems that most news concerning Antarctica's ice sheets is bad news, with two of the world's fastest melting glaciers shrinking away in the continent's western region...
- Antarctic Ice Loss Tripled, from near zero to an extremely tiny number! (Nobody mention those volcanoes) Fri, 15 Jun 18, 4:48amQuick — tax the magma It’s another round of Antarctic Doom about next to nothing. In April Antarctica’s ice was melting five times faster than usual. Now it’s losing ice three times faster in the last...
- Scientists uncover giant canyons under the ice in Antarctica Wed, 30 May 18, 2:00amResearchers have discovered three large canyons frozen beneath the ice of Antarctica, each of which is hundreds of kilometers in length. The canyons, which move through tall mountains that lie beneath the snowy surface of...
- The “Alarmist Gone Wild” Perspective of the Increase in Antarctic Snowfall Thu, 12 Apr 18, 10:54pmThree days ago, Anthony posted a very factual summary of the recent EGU paper on the increase in Antarctic snowfall over the past 200 years: Big increase in Antarctic Snowfall helps to prevent sea level rise Earther, the...
- Antarctic greenhouse celebrates their first harvest of lettuce, radishes, and cucumbers Fri, 6 Apr 18, 1:33amFresh, local produce may be a rarity in Antarctica, but one indoor farm near a research station there just welcomed their first harvest. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) said the experimental greenhouse EDEN-ISS, at Alfred...