Le “glacier de l’apocalypse” fond plus vite que prévu: “Il ne tient qu’à un fil”

Le “glacier de l’apocalypse” fond plus vite que prévu: “Il ne tient qu’à un fil”   Le “glacier de l’apocalypse” de l’Antarctique, surnommé ainsi en raison de son risque élevé d’effondrement, pourrait fondre…
Halley team/British Antarctic Survey
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An iceberg the size of Paris breaks off Antarctic ice shelf

An iceberg with an area of 1270 square kilometers has calved from the Brunt Ice Shelf. It's an extraordinary event but not unexpected. The British Antarctic Survey's Halley station is located on the Brunt Ice Shelf and scientists have been observing…
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Un manchot empereur s’entiche d’un groupe de scientifiques – Emperor penguin tags along

Un manchot empereur s’est amusé à suivre pendant quelques instants un groupe de scientifiques. Un moment de contact exceptionnel qu'on voit dans ce petit video: Lire plus Does this emperor penguin like science? He certainly seems keen…
Photo prise le 20 janvier 2016 dans la mer de Ross, bordant l’Antarctique. PHOTO / Samuel Blanc / Biosphoto / via AFP
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Methane leak found on Antarctic sea floor

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas. Now, researchers from Oregon State University have found it leaking from the Antarctic sea floor under the Ross Sea. Previously, scientists believed that if there were undersea methane leaks, micro-organisms…
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Antarctica warming faster than the rest of the world

The interior of the Antarctic may be warming much faster than the rest of the world. So says new research, which looked at natural climate variability and human-made climate change. It's another warning that we can't wait to act on climate…
https://news.utexas.edu/2020/06/17/egg-from-antarctica-is-big-and-might-belong-to-an-extinct-sea-lizard/
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Mystère de l’œuf géant

Depuis sa découverte en 2011, le mystère plane sur les origines d’un œuf à coquille molle de 18 cm sur 28 cm trouvé en Antarctique. Quel animal a pu pondre un tel œuf – le deuxième plus grand jamais découvert ? Finalement, les chercheurs…
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Antarctica’s meteorite mystery

Meteorites are dark coloured lumps of rock that fall from space to earth. They can be very small but on a continent covered in snow and ice, it's easy to see them. So you might think that makes Antarctica an ideal place for scientists looking…
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The sounds of sorrow and the sights of hope

In a remarkable article, UK Guardian journalist, Jonathan Watts, tells the story of his visit to Antarctica sponsored by Greenpeace. You can listen to his audio recording of icebergs melting. But also read about a wonderful encounter with a…

Antarctic seal photo wins prize

French photographer, Florian Ledoux, cares deeply about the Arctic and Antarctic. His photos show the wonder and fragility of the wildlife and the landscapes. His drone photo of crabeater seals recently won the Nature TTL Photographer of the…
By Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith - Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40573659
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Blue whales return!

Can we change things for the better? Here's a good news story to encourage anyone working to protect the wildlife of our planet. A team led by the British Antarctic Survey spotted 55 blue whales on a recent expedition to South Georgia (a…