La Table Ronde du 30 avril sur la vie en Antarctique a été un moment fort de “Sentinelles de l’extrême”. Trois scientifiques nous ont conté leurs aventures dans ces territoires isolés. Des aventures bien différentes les unes des autres, en termes de recherche comme d’un point de vue géographique. Célia Sapart, climatologue et glaciologue à […]
New research, which has attracted a lot of publicity, shows that snowfall in Antarctica increased significantly over the last two centuries. Nonetheless, it’s not enough to compensate for the rapid loss of ice-sheets formed over millions of years. Research results here.
A surprising topic for the Financial Times but a great 4-minute introduction to Antarctica, why research is important and what it’s like to spend time on a base there. See it here.
Krill (tiny crustaceans) are fundamental to the oceans’ food chains, but Antarctic krill are under threat from industrial fishing. Greenpeace has launched a call to stop the sale of krill-based health food products in the UK as part of its wider campaign to protect the Antarctic Ocean.
Scientists based in Finland and the US are suggesting radical solutions such as building artifical islands to block the flow of melt water from Antarctic glaciers reaching the sea. They believe that this geoengineering is the best solution to prevent millions of people being displaced as sea levels rise due to climate change. In their […]
Heavy sea ice has prevented an international team of scientists from reaching the area where the massive “A68” iceberg broke off from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017. When the iceberg calved it exposed parts of the seabed never accessible before due to the vast covering of ice. The team, from nine European institutions, […]
A voir! Cette belle photo panoramique de la colonie de manchots de la Baie du Marin à Crozet, prise au mois de février 2018 par Rébecca Garcia, la volontaire au service civique du programme 137 ECOPHY de la mission 53 à Crozet. L’archipel de Crozet, situé dans les Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAFF), rassemble […]
With their bright yellow markings on the head and chest, King penguins are an iconic species of the sub-Antaractic islands in the Southern Ocean. But recent research shows that these much-loved birds are at risk from climate change. The Southern Ocean’s Antaractic Polar Front is moving south, taking with it the abundant food supplies that […]
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