Tag Archives: Antarctica

Penguin: 1. Orca: 0. Matt Karsten, 40, and his wife Anna, 32, have captured heartbreaking footage of a Gentoo penguin narrowly escaping the jaws of a few hungry killer whales in Antarctica. …

An elephant seal rests on the beach of Robert Island, in the South Shetland Islands archipelago, Antarctica.Photo: Natacha Pisarenko (AP) Meltwater from Antarctic glaciers is changing the composition of the region’s oceans …

Security personnel stand guard outside the Great Hall of the People before the inaugural session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, on March 5, 2021. REUTERS / Carlos García …

A 492-foot-thick, 490-square-mile iceberg broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf on Friday, according to a press release from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The section, which is taller than New York City, …

An iceberg measuring 492 feet thick and 490 square miles wide broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf on Friday, according to a press release from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The section, …

The Taylor Glacier near McMurdo Station, Antarctica.Photo: Mark Ralston (AP) The glaciers of Antarctica are changing the concept of “glacial rhythm”. A new study of a little-observed area on the continent finds …

(More recent) – Researchers working in Antarctica have made an unexpected discovery: colonies of stationary animals, probably sponges and related creatures, clinging to a rock deep in the ice, reports NBC. Geologists …

The loss rate increased from 0.8 trillion tons per year in the 1990s to 1.3 trillion tons per year by 2017, with potentially disastrous results. The rate at which ice is disappearing …

It appeared in 1973, seemingly from anywhere: a hole in sea ice off the coast of Antarctica. But this was no ordinary hole. It was so large that it could swallow California. …

The hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica has expanded in recent years to one of its largest recorded sizes. In 2019, scientists revealed that the Antarctic ozone hole had reached its …