Nine evacuated as Covid-19 hits Antarctic research base
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- For the first time since the start of the pandemic the coronavirus has reached an…
4 years ago
Antartica
1.5C warming cap could ‘halve’ sea level rise from melting ice
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could halve how much sea levels…
5 years ago
Antarctica’s glacier-damming ice shelves at risk
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than half the ice shelves ringing Antarctica that prevent huge glaciers from…
6 years ago
South Pole warming three times faster than rest of Earth: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- The South Pole has warmed three times faster than the rest of the…
6 years ago
Ukraine scientists navigate lockdown to reach Antarctica
by Olga SHYLENKO Agence France-Presse KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Yuriy Otruba was preparing for his sixth scientific expedition to Antarctica when…
6 years ago
Six-fold jump in polar ice loss lifts global oceans
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Greenland and Antarctica are shedding six times more ice than during the 1990s,…
6 years ago
Massive iceberg breaks off Antarctica — but it’s normal
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A more than 600-square-mile iceberg broke off Antarctica in recent days, but the event is…
7 years ago
Melting ice sheets may cause ‘climate chaos’: study
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Billions of tonnes of meltwater flowing into the world's oceans…
7 years ago
Antarctica ice loss increases six fold since 1979: study
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA. United States (AFP) -- Global warming is melting ice in Antarctica faster than…
7 years ago
American adventurer completes solo trek across Antarctica
by Chris Lefkow Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- An American adventurer has become the first person to…
7 years ago
Modest warming risks ‘irreversible’ ice sheet loss, study warns
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Even modest temperature rises agreed under an international plan to limit…
8 years ago
Propping up glaciers to avoid cataclysmic sea level rise
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- As global warming outpaces efforts to tame it, scientists have…
8 years ago
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