New techniques developed by NASA are enabling scientists to calculate ice flow into the sea in greater detail than ever before. And there are some dramatic results: the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing ice at an accelerating rate probably due to ocean warming. However, flow into the sea from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet […]
Des chercheurs belges sont partis ce mercredi vers le détroit de Gerlache, dans la Péninsule Antarctique, où ils vont étudier la biodiversité marine. Ils vont aussi recenser les particules de plastique dans l’Océan Austral, considéré, jusqu’il y a peu, comme relativement préservé par la pollution. Read more.
Gauthier Chapelle, Yvan Beck et José Javier Paniagua: trois hommes unis pour la cause animale, à commencer par les dauphins, lors d’une soirée “Enlivrons-nous” à Uccle le 5 février, à laquelle j’ai eu la chance de participer. Quel rapport avec l’Antarctique? Les dauphins sillonnent les mers, l’océan austral ne fait pas exception. Il en existe même […]
In 2017, an exceptionally huge iceberg called A-68 calved off the Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Now an international team of scientists is racing to explore the ancient marine ecosystem which has been exposed. It’s a unique chance to study life on the seabed that has been hidden under the ice for thousands of years […]
Celia Sapart est climatologue et glaciologue. Elle relate en français et en anglais sur son blog jalonné d’anecdotes https://antarcticoceanexperience2017.blogspot.be/ ses passionnantes aventures antarctiques, magnifiques images à l’appui. Entre les éblouissants paysages de la vidéo et le Journal de Bord, c’est comme si vous y étiez. Celia Sapart is a climatologist and a glaciologist. In her blog which […]
Researching in Antarctica, geologists Erik Gulbranson and John Isbell from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have discovered fossils of trees that existed before the age of the dinosaurs. These ancient trees (alive over 260 million years ago) must have been very different to those we are familiar with today. They would have had to survive the […]
Tourism is expanding in Antarctica, including a huge rise in visitors from China. Can Antarctica’s environment cope with this influx of people? The Chinese government has launched measures to try to tackle this issue. Read more…
SCAR (The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) is celebrating its 60th birthday. SCAR conducts international scientific research in the Antarctic region and studies the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system. It also gives independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings. Today, besides geo, physical and life sciences programmes, SCAR is involved […]
Recent research by the European Space Agency continues to confirm the complex interconnectedness of our planet’s weather and climate systems – including how the El Nino event in the Pacific Ocea affects ice shelves off Antarctica. For more on how El Nino is connected to planetary systems: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ElNino/
A unique event took place yesterday at the European Parliament (EP). It was a live web call with senior climatologist Dr Jérôme Chappellaz who is currently at the Franco-Italian Concordia Base in Antarctica, with EP Vice-President Heidi Hautala moderating in Brussels. I happily jumped at the opportunity, which was kindly offered to Commission officials as well. It […]
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