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Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' Is Heading For Collapse Sooner Than Expected
The scientists predict that Thwaites Glacier and the Antarctic Ice Sheet could collapse within the next 200 years.
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Watch: First Look At Iceberg The Size Of Greater London
Ten years after the first cracks appeared, A81, the Greater-London-sized block of ice, had finally calved off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
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Antarctica's Newest Emperor Penguin Colony Discovered From Space
Satellite photographs of one of the most remote and inaccessible parts of Antarctica have revealed a recently discovered emperor penguin colony.
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Iceberg Almost The Size Of Greater London Breaks Off In Antarctica
A vast iceberg almost the size of Greater London has broken away from the Antarctic ice shelf near a British research station, the British Antarctic Survey said Friday.
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Mt Hope New Tallest Mountain In British Antarctic Territory
Cartographers surveying Antarctica have discovered that Mt Hope is the tallest mountain in the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) at 3,239 metres above sea level.
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Ancient Poo Shows Antarctic Penguins' Volcanic Past
Analysis of ancient penguin guano has revealed that volcanic eruptions, not climate change, almost wiped out an Antarctic sea bird colony three times, researchers have found.
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Ice Cracks Force Shutdown Of UK Antarctic Station
A British research station on an ice shelf in Antarctica is being relocated and shut down over the winter because of fears it could float off on an iceberg, the British Antarctic Survey said on Monday.
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A Huge Crack Is Spreading Across One Of Antarctica's Biggest Ice Shelves
For some time, scientists who focus on Antarctica have been watching the progression of a large crack in one of the world's great ice shelves - Larsen C, the most northern major ice shelf of the Antarctic peninsula, and the fourth largest Antarctic ice shelf overall.
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Dinosaur Extinction Event Was Deadly For Antarctic Life
The mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions, according to a study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic.
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Breakup Fears for Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf: Study
The largest ice shelf in the Antarctic peninsula is being thinned by warmer seas and air and could catastrophically break up, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Antarctic summer ice melting 10 times faster: report
Summer ice in the Antarctic is melting 10 times quicker than it was 600 years ago, with the most rapid melt occurring in the last 50 years, a joint Australian-British study showed Monday.
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Jobless Britons 'applying for work at South Pole'
Recruiters at the British Antarctic Survey are on course to receive more than 3,000 applications for just 36 jobs from plumbers, electricians, chefs and carpenters.
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Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' Is Heading For Collapse Sooner Than Expected
The scientists predict that Thwaites Glacier and the Antarctic Ice Sheet could collapse within the next 200 years.
-
Watch: First Look At Iceberg The Size Of Greater London
Ten years after the first cracks appeared, A81, the Greater-London-sized block of ice, had finally calved off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
-
Antarctica's Newest Emperor Penguin Colony Discovered From Space
Satellite photographs of one of the most remote and inaccessible parts of Antarctica have revealed a recently discovered emperor penguin colony.
-
Iceberg Almost The Size Of Greater London Breaks Off In Antarctica
A vast iceberg almost the size of Greater London has broken away from the Antarctic ice shelf near a British research station, the British Antarctic Survey said Friday.
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Mt Hope New Tallest Mountain In British Antarctic Territory
Cartographers surveying Antarctica have discovered that Mt Hope is the tallest mountain in the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) at 3,239 metres above sea level.
-
Ancient Poo Shows Antarctic Penguins' Volcanic Past
Analysis of ancient penguin guano has revealed that volcanic eruptions, not climate change, almost wiped out an Antarctic sea bird colony three times, researchers have found.
-
Ice Cracks Force Shutdown Of UK Antarctic Station
A British research station on an ice shelf in Antarctica is being relocated and shut down over the winter because of fears it could float off on an iceberg, the British Antarctic Survey said on Monday.
-
A Huge Crack Is Spreading Across One Of Antarctica's Biggest Ice Shelves
For some time, scientists who focus on Antarctica have been watching the progression of a large crack in one of the world's great ice shelves - Larsen C, the most northern major ice shelf of the Antarctic peninsula, and the fourth largest Antarctic ice shelf overall.
-
Dinosaur Extinction Event Was Deadly For Antarctic Life
The mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions, according to a study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic.
-
Breakup Fears for Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf: Study
The largest ice shelf in the Antarctic peninsula is being thinned by warmer seas and air and could catastrophically break up, scientists said on Wednesday.
-
Antarctic summer ice melting 10 times faster: report
Summer ice in the Antarctic is melting 10 times quicker than it was 600 years ago, with the most rapid melt occurring in the last 50 years, a joint Australian-British study showed Monday.
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Jobless Britons 'applying for work at South Pole'
Recruiters at the British Antarctic Survey are on course to receive more than 3,000 applications for just 36 jobs from plumbers, electricians, chefs and carpenters.
