Snowball Antarctica - early Drake passage opening led to global change
New results shed light on how Antarctica became the icy, barren continent that we know today. view more (2005-08-31)
Antarctica and global cooling New results shed light on how Antarctica became the icy, barren continent that we know today. British ... years ago, South America and Antarctica split apart very rapidly. This formed the Drake Passage and ... South America moved away from Antarctica. This revealed that the two continents separated extremely quickly in ... geological time forming a shallow 'gateway' between ...
Endangered polar heritage
There are 76 sites on the official list of historic sites and monuments in Antarctica. 11 of them are, or used to be, Norwegian. Cultural heritage is a non-renewable resource endangered by environmental pollutants and increased tourism. -We need a lot more research on Norwegian historic sites in Antarctica, says Susan Barr, special adviser at the... view more... (2004-08-04)
... historic sites and monuments in Antarctica. 11 of them are, or used to be, Norwegian. Cultural ... on Norwegian historic sites in Antarctica, says Susan Barr, special adviser at the Norwegian Directorate for ... Studies of survival techniques in Antarctica, preferably done in cooperation with scientists from other nations, would ... also be interesting. ...
Advice from research: market visiting rights to Antarctica
Tourism on Antarctica is increasing and that can form a threat for the vulnerable South Pole area. Research from Maastricht University provides a possible solution: market the visitor rights to the highest bidder. view more (2008-09-29)
Tourism on Antarctica is increasing and that can form a threat for the ... to the highest bidder.
Tourism in Antarctica has grown dramatically. In 1985, just a few thousand people ... of the Antarctic Treaty System ATS.
Antarctica is not a sovereign state and so legislation is difficult. ... a healthy tourism industry on Antarctica.
Visitor rights
One possible solution is that of marketable ...
Antarctic animals are under threat from illegal fishing
Animals in the oceans surrounding Antarctica are under increasing threat. Fishery management organisations and governments need to do more to eliminate illegal fishing and regulate better legal fishing in Southern Ocean and adjacent areas according to Professor John Croxall speaking today (17 Feb) at a special symposium - Conserving Migratory... view more... (2003-02-07)
Animals in the oceans surrounding Antarctica are under increasing threat. Fishery management organisations and governments need ... resources of the oceans surrounding Antarctica should be extended to wider areas. During the last five ... years, the application of scientific research has led to a dramatic reduction in the number of Antarctic seabirds killed from longline fisheries. ...
Cold colony vulnerable to environmental challenge
Australia and other owners of the Antarctic territories may be ill-prepared to face a major environmental challenge to the continent, according to a Queensland University of Technology academic. view more (2007-10-19)
... and unknown quantities of oil, Antarctica could be ripe for exploitation once resources in the rest ... to 42 per cent of Antarctica, giving it ownership of 10 per cent of the world's ... legal and geopolitical aspects of Antarctica and said the treaty between 45 nations which governed the ... is being done to protect Antarctica," she said.
"In the 1950s, India and ...
Antarctic ice loss
Increasing amounts of ice mass have been lost from West Antarctica and the Antarctic peninsula over the past ten years, according to research from the University of Bristol and published online this week in Nature Geoscience. view more (2008-01-14)
... have been lost from West Antarctica and the Antarctic peninsula over the past ten years, according ... the ice mass in East Antarctica has been roughly stable, with neither loss nor accumulation over ... data that cover 85% of Antarctica's coastline, which they compared with simulations of snow accumulation over ... ice in 2006 from West Antarctica - up from about 83 billion ...
UK Princess sees oldest ice on earth
Princess Anne, currently visiting Antarctica, was today given a gift of ice that is 50000 years old. It came from an ice core - a cylinder of ice drilled from the Antarctic ice sheet - drilled by the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA). EPICA, a consortium of 10 European nations, is drilling two ice cores in Antarctica, in order... view more... (2002-02-08)
Princess Anne, currently visiting Antarctica, was today given a gift of ice that is 50000 ... Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA). EPICA, a consortium of 10 European nations, is drilling ... drilling two ice cores in Antarctica, in order to improve our understanding of climate change. At ... is on a tour of Antarctica to see the historic sites from the ...
Giant project to test Antarctic ice stability
If rising global temperatures cause the ice streams of Western Antarctica to break up, major cities and agricultural heartlands the world over would be submerged. Researchers from the University of Leeds' School of Geography are set to embark on a £1m, three-year project to find out exactly how stable they are. view more (2004-05-10)
... the ice streams of Western Antarctica to break up, major cities and agricultural heartlands the world ... Rutford ice stream in Western Antarctica to determine its stability and see how close it is ... dozen ice streams in Western Antarctica, moving currents of ice on the ice sheet which are ... hundreds of kilometres long and up to 25km wide. It is thought ...
In the Cornucopia of the European Project of Ice Coring in Antarctica: the oldest Antarctic ice core
On Tuesday 21th of December 2004 a European team involved in Epica (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) reached the drilling depth of 3270.2, which is five meters above the bedrock at Dome C, on the central plateau of the east Antarctic ice sheet. The ice is melting at the bedrock and it has been decided to stop at this depth to avoid... view more... (2005-01-13)
... Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) reached the drilling depth of 3270.2, which is five meters above the bedrock at Dome C, on the central plateau of the east Antarctic ice sheet. The ice is melting at the bedrock and it has been decided to stop at this depth to avoid any danger of direct contamination of the basal water. ...
Antarctica - an awakening giant?
The crucial role that Antarctica plays in global climate change and its future contribution to sea-level rise was highlighted today by Professor Chris Rapley, Director of British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Speaking at an international convention on climate change in Bonn, Germany* he presented a summary of the latest scientific results from... view more... (2005-05-19)
The crucial role that Antarctica plays in global climate change and its future contribution to ... the latest scientific results from Antarctica. Professor Rapley said,"The issue of sea-level rise is of great ... us - the contribution from Antarctica is the greatest uncertainty in the sea level rise debate. ... - 2001) report warned that Antarctica was a 'slumbering giant'. Recent scientific evidence ...
Antarctic snow inaccurate temperature archive
According to Dutch researcher Michiel Helsen, annual and seasonal temperature fluctuations are not accurately recorded in the composition of the snow of Antarctica. His research into the isotopic composition of the Antarctic snow has exposed the complexity of climate reconstructions. view more (2006-02-16)
... composition of the snow of Antarctica. His research into the isotopic composition of the Antarctic snow ... that annual temperature variations in Antarctica could not be accurately reconstructed from ice core investigations. The ... over the entire continent of Antarctica have a major influence on the composition of the snow, ... that although temperature differences across Antarctica could largely explain the observed variations ...
Swedish researchers fly all the way to the Antarctic
Participants in the second part of this winter's polar expedition to the Antarctic, SWEDARP 2002/03, are ready to depart. Today, Monday, January 20, five members of the expedition will leave Sweden to join the group of ten researchers already on site in Antarctica as of the middle of December. Swedish scientists in the fields of glaciology,... view more... (2003-01-20)
... researchers already on site in Antarctica as of the middle of December. Swedish scientists in the ... the air and snow in Antarctica. They will fly down via Cape Town in South Africa. ... January 25. The flight to Antarctica takes about six hours, and the plane is to land ... model (AN-2). Flying scientists to Antarctica is something new for Sweden and ...
Dust may settle unanswered questions on Antarctica
Dust trapped deep in Antarctic ice sheets is helping scientists unravel details of past climate change. view more (2009-03-30)
... that dust blown south to Antarctica from the windy plains of Patagonia - and deposited in ... with the dustiest periods in Antarctica's past.
During these times, glaciers in Patagonia were at their biggest ... where dust was blown to Antarctica. When the glaciers retreated even slightly, their meltwater ran into ... blown across the ocean to Antarctica.
Dust from the ice cores was analysed ...
Snapshot of past climate reveals no ice in Antarctica millions of years ago
A snapshot of New Zealand's climate 40 million years ago reveals a greenhouse Earth, with warmer seas and little or no ice in Antarctica, according to research published this week in the journal Geology. view more (2008-07-29)
... little or no ice in Antarctica, according to research published this week in the journal Geology
A ... little or no ice in Antarctica, according to research published this week in the journal Geology.
The ... journal Geology.
The study suggests that Antarctica at that time was yet to develop extensive ice sheets. ... - so was closer to Antarctica - but the researchers found that ...
Massive dinosaur discovered in Antarctica sheds light on life, distribution of sauropodomorphs
A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and lived about 190 million years ago. view more (2007-12-11)
... Jurassic dinosaur ever found in Antarctica
CHICAGO-A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic ... Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and ... near the Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica at an elevation of more than 13,000 feet.
"The fossils were ... the two field trips to Antarctica that uncovered the fossils. Glacialisaurus belongs ... |
