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Chemical defenses may not protect Antarctic seafloor …

Chemical defenses may not protect Antarctic seafloor animals, jeopardizing their value for drug discovery   Long-lived sponges, intestine-like worms, colonies of sea squirts and many other cold-loving animals populate the seafloor around Antarctica. But the arrival of outsiders—borne in ships’ ballast water, on plastic refuse or on floating kelp, or encouraged by warming temperature—threaten this […]

Who should work in Antarctica?

Who should work in Antarctica? An exploration of the individual, social and cultural aspects of expeditioner recruitment   Abstract Drawing on qualitative interview data, this article explores past and current Australian Antarctic Program expeditioners’ perceptions of the personal qualities of expeditioners alongside their views of Antarctic station culture and expeditioner recruitment procedures. The findings reveal […]

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Scientists Are Uncovering Ominous Waters Under Antarctic Ice

Scientists Are Uncovering Ominous Waters Under Antarctic Ice A super-pressurized, 290-mile-long river is running under the ice sheet. That could be bad news for sea-level rise. For all its treacherousness and general inclination to kill you, Antarctica’s icy surface is fairly tranquil: vast stretches of miles-thick whiteness, with not a plant or animal to speak […]

Physique. Des particules fantômes détectées …

Physique. Des particules fantômes détectées en Antarctique ouvrent la voie à une nouvelle physique   IceCube, un détecteur de neutrinos enfoui sous des tonnes de glace, vient de détecter un flux inédit de cette particule élusive qui va nous aider à résoudre certains mystères de l’univers. À environ 47 millions d’années-lumière de l’endroit où vous êtes […]

Antarctic ozone hole slightly smaller in 2022

Antarctic ozone hole slightly smaller in 2022   The hole in the ozone layer — the portion of the stratosphere that protects our planet from the sun’s ultraviolet rays — is continuing to decrease. The hole over Antarctica had an average area of 8.91 million square miles (23.2 million square kilometers). That measurement is slightly […]