Antarctica

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Inside Sea Spiders’ Odd Biology

Sea spiders do not move blood and oxygen through their bodies with the help of vigorously beating hearts, like most...

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An Iceberg the Size of Delaware Is About To Break Off From Antarctica

A chunk of ice bigger than the US state of Delaware is hanging 'by a thread' from the West Antarctic ice shelf,...

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2020 Is the Deadline To Avert Climate Catastrophe, Experts Claim

A world that heats up beyond that threshold will face a crescendo of devastating impacts ranging from deadly heatwaves...

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China Says No Mining Planned In Antarctica

China sought to dispel concerns about its ambitions in mineral-rich Antarctica on Monday, with an official saying...

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China Says No Mining Planned In Antarctica

China sought to dispel concerns about its ambitions in mineral-rich Antarctica on Monday, with an official saying...

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More Antarctic Protections Urged On World Penguin Day

The world needs to do more to protect the Antarctic wilderness and its wildlife, scientists warned Tuesday, as they...

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Astronomers Piece Together First Image of Black Hole

After training a network of telescopes stretching from Hawaii to Antarctica to Spain at the heart of our galaxy for...

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Ancient Poo Shows Antarctic Penguins’ Volcanic Past

Analysis of ancient penguin guano has revealed that volcanic eruptions, not climate change, almost wiped out an...

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Ancient Poo Shows Antarctic Penguins’ Volcanic Past

Analysis of ancient penguin guano has revealed that volcanic eruptions, not climate change, almost wiped out an...

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Solo Yachtswoman In Antarctica Bid Hits Trouble

An Australian attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo issued a distress call Tuesday...

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Photographer Captures World’s Glacier Melt Over Decade

For the last decade, American photographer James Balog has been on a mission to document climate change through his...

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Sea Ice Hits New Record Low At Both Poles

The sea ice cover in the Arctic and Antarctic hit new record lows for this time of year, marking the smallest polar ice...

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Antarctic Penguin Numbers Double Previous Estimates

Almost six million Adelie penguins are living in East Antarctica, more than double the number previously thought,...

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Penguins In the Age of Dinos

A giant penguin foot-bone discovered in New Zealand shows that the ancestors of everyone's favourite flightless bird...

Top Stories

Search For MH370 Suspended After Three Years

The massive underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was called off Tuesday, leaving unsolved one...

Opinion

Water Pollution, Time To Stop Impending Doom

“Famine and thirst sigh like a scythe across the field of statistics and the desert is a moving mouth”—Derek...

International

First Woman To Conquer Everest Dies Aged 77

Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on Thursday at a hospital in Saitama (North of Tokyo, Japan) The first woman to conquer...

Opinion

CLIMATE REFUGEES: LIFE IN GHANA’S FAST VANISHING LANDS

Ada Totope in the Greater Accra region is a community with a population of about 3000 persons. It is located on the Ada...

Opinion

When Do They Become Too Much?

A promise is a declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen. Manifesto...