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• Space lessons learned in Antarctica
SINGAPORE - In the depths of the Antarctic winter, expeditioners at Australia’s research bases might as well be on the moon. Or on their way to Mars. “When you are in Antarctica you know you can’t get out — there’s no rescue during winter ...
• Mission to monitor ocean's climate control
Most of that is happening in the Southern Ocean," said Tom Trull, leader of the Ocean Control of CO2 Program at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center in Hobart. "We don't know if that'll continue and we're concerned it might ...
• Toothy 'crocamander' was top Triassic predator
Toothy 'crocamander' was top Triassic predator 240 million years ago, the enormous Antarctic amphibian was king
• Huge ice shelf breaks loose in Canada
And earlier this year a 160-square mile chunk of an Antarctic ice shelf disintegrated. "Reduced sea ice conditions and unusually high air temperatures have facilitated the ice shelf losses this summer," said Luke Copland, director of the Laboratory ...
• Antarctic Peninsula glaciers flow faster to sea - Climate Change ...
Some 300 glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula are flowing faster into the ocean, further adding to sea level rise, according to research published this week in the Journal of ...