J’ai eu le privilège récemment d’interviewer le Professeur Claude De Broyer, spécialiste internationalement reconnu du monde marin antarctique. Un monde mystérieux, où nombre d’espèces plus étranges les unes que les autres ont été découvertes, et plus encore restent sans doute à découvrir. Un monde vivant magnifique aux propriétés insoupçonnées qui pourraient bien demain apporter remèdes […]
A new study shows that just 13.2% of the Earth’s oceans are now truly wild. The seas around the Antarctic contain some of these remaining wilderness, which makes efforts to create new marine protected areas (our previous blog post) all the more important. Read more in The Guardian and LiveScience
Modelling the impact of CO2 on the oceans and climate is a complex task. Now, new research suggests that stronger westerly winds around Antarctica will mean that the Southern Ocean absorbs less CO2 in future. This new information will help scientists model climate change, and it may well indicate that fiercer ‘westerlies’ will accelerate global […]
Denise est belge d’origine haïtienne. Je la connais depuis peu, depuis mon exposition “Sentinelles de l’extrême” d’avril dernier, qu’elle venait visiter. La visite s’est muée en une passionnante discussion, que nous continuons depuis. Experte en Environnement et travaillant sur le terrain dans le cadre des changements climatiques https://associationdecoste.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/nous-avons-besoin-de-vous/, Denise souligne l’utilité de sensibiliser les citoyens […]
Good news for efforts to conserve the Antarctic’s fisheries and the fragile eco-systems of the Southern Ocean! In early July (2018), the Association of Responsible Krill harvesting companies (ARK), which represents 85 percent of the krill industry in the Antarctic, committed to stop fishing in large coastal areas around the Antarctic Peninsula. Greenpeace and the […]
Le Wolvendael, Magazine d’Uccle, vient de publier cet article attestant du succès de l’exposition photos “Sentinelles de l’extrême” organisée à la Maison des Arts en avril dernier, ainsi que de la Table Ronde sur la vie en Antarctique qui a eu lieu à cette occasion.
ESA reports that a team of researchers from around the world has discovered that ice loss in Antarctica has accelerated three-fold since the last such study in 2012. Between 2012 and 2017, Antarctica lost 219 billion tonnes of ice a year, raising sea levels by 0.6 mm a year. For non-scientists, this article from the […]
A new report from Greenpeace has worrying news for the Antarctic wilderness. Scientists have found microplastics and persistent hazardous chemicals in snow and water samples from remote areas of the continent. Greenpeace and the EU are calling for steps such as the creation of a vast marine protection area in the Southern Ocean to help […]
Antarctica is a sensitive indicator of rising global temperatures See how the Antarctic ice sheet is melting from below: background and animation.
You might not normally associate Antarctica with salad growing, but some German scientists have recently harvested their first crop of lettuce, radishes and cucumbers from a greenhouse container near the German Neumayer Station III. Ultimately their work could lead to ways for astronauts to grow food on long space flights. Read more…
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