Plastic pollution in the Antarctic worse than expected
The levels of microplastic particles accumulating in the Antarctic are much worse than expected, a team of experts has warned.
View ArticleStorms caused massive Antarctic sea ice loss in 2016
A series of unprecedented storms over the Southern Ocean likely caused the most dramatic decline in Antarctic sea ice seen to date, a new study finds.
View ArticleBoaty McBoatface returns home with unprecedented data
Researchers at the University of Southampton have captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth - known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) - during first voyage of...
View ArticleClimate change impacts Antarctic biodiversity habitat
Ice-free areas of Antarctica - home to more than 99 per cent of the continent's terrestrial plants and animals - could expand by more than 17,000km2 by the end of this century, a study published today...
View ArticleNew study explains moss migration around the globe
A new study on mosses found in the polar regions reveals how several species have migrated around the globe and are even found in their polar opposite.
View ArticleUK presses tech firms to choke off online extremism
Britain's interior minister is traveling to California to press Internet firms including Facebook, Twitter and Google to stem the flow of extremist content online.
View ArticleUpdate on the Larsen-C iceberg breakaway
The largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula lost 10% of its area when an iceberg four times the size of London broke free earlier this month.
View ArticleScottish Parliament under cyberattack, no systems breached
Officials at the Scottish Parliament say the legislature's IT systems are under sustained cyberattack but have not been breached.
View ArticleZooplankton resilient to long-term warming
Temperature plays an important role in the distribution of ocean plankton communities and has the potential to cause major distribution shifts, as recently observed in the Arctic.
View ArticleWhat changes when you warm the Antarctic Ocean just 1 degree? Lots
After warming a natural seabed in the Antarctic Ocean by just 1° or 2° Celsius, researchers observed massive impacts on a marine assemblage, as growth rates nearly doubled. The findings of what the...
View ArticleMore 'losers' than 'winners' predicted for Southern Ocean seafloor animals
A new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be more 'losers' than 'winners' over the next century as the Antarctic seafloor warms. The results are...
View Article'Whole houses' swept away by Irma on Branson's island
British billionaire Richard Branson said Thursday that "whole houses" on his private island in the Caribbean had been swept away by Hurricane Irma, leaving it "completely and utterly devastated".
View ArticleUK declares emergency in storm-hit Virgin Islands, sends aid
Britain flew additional aid supplies to the Caribbean on Friday after Hurricane Irma flattened homes and schools and flooded hospitals, causing the British Virgin Islands to declare a state of emergency.
View ArticleHurricane records broken in 2017
Not even halfway into the 2017 hurricane season, and before Irma makes landfall in Florida, tropical mega-storms in the Atlantic basin have already broken several records, and challenged others,...
View ArticleUN slams UK government over 'plague' of air pollution
A UN report has slammed the UK for failing to tackle the "plague" of air pollution, while also warning of Brexit risks, ahead of the body's Human Rights Council opening Monday.
View ArticleHurricanes Irma and Jose: What we know
Hurricane Irma pummelled Florida on Sunday, killing three people after causing at least 27 deaths in a multi-billion-dollar rampage through the Caribbean.
View ArticleHurricane Jose gives NASA's Terra satellite a clear eye
NASA's Terra satellite passed over powerful Hurricane Jose in the Atlantic Ocean and captured a close look at the eye of the storm.
View ArticleIrma: US crisis cell brings stranded tourists home
In flooded resorts and storm-ravaged beach hotels dotted along the Caribbean archipelago, hundreds of US tourists are waiting for news from the State Department crisis task force.
View ArticleResidents return to storm-ravaged Florida Keys
Residents of the Florida Keys began trickling back Tuesday to the tourist haven delivered a crushing blow by Hurricane Irma, as officials warned that at least a quarter of homes on the island chain...
View ArticleResearch on big ears, crocodile gambling wins Ig Nobels
Scientists who discovered that old men really do have big ears, that playing the didgeridoo helps relieve sleep apnea and that handling crocodiles can influence gambling decisions are among this year's...
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