Antarctica and Animals

Fear at Isolated Antarctica Base

Scientists create new map showing ice-free Antarctica in more detail than ever before

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds.

Newsweek on MSN · 22h

Antarctica Base Map Shows Isolation of Scientists As Violence Breaks Out

Newsweek has created a map that lays bare the isolation of a South African research base in Antarctica where a team is reportedly trapped with a colleague who has become violent. A man has allegedly carried out a physical and a sexual assault with "deeply disturbing" behavior,

U.S. News & World Report · 23h

Fear at Isolated Antarctica Base as a Man Is Accused of Attacking a Colleague and Making Threats

South African officials say a member of a research team at an isolated Antarctica base has been put under psychological evaluation after he allegedly assaulted and sexually harassed colleagues

23h

Visiting Antarctica or the Arctic? Here's how to minimise your impact

As polar tourism surges, experts warn of its environmental impact. From transport choices to local food, here's how to visit ...

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d

Avian Flu Is Rapidly Spreading Across Antarctica

Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United ...

EL PAÍS English5d

Inside Antarctica’s plague-infested penguin colonies

A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...

ZME Science on MSN4d

This Is What Antarctica Would Look Like Without Its Ice

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d

Scientists Uncover a Frozen History in 6,000 Years’ Worth of Penguin Poop, Revealing Past Ecology on Antarctica

Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...

15h

Thousands of miles from home and -75C cold: Life is tough in Antarctica even before death threats from scientists

After scientists at the South African Sanae IV research station pleaded for help, Rachel Clun speaks to an expert about the ...

webtv.un.org13d

Who Is Protecting Antarctica’s Environment?

Global warming also heats and acidifies the ocean, which, as current models suggest, diminishes the ability of animals to find sufficient prey to maintain nutrition or even reproduce. Antarctica ...

Daily Express US on MSN1d

Antarctica scientists 'fear for their lives' as terrifying email emerges from remote base

Researchers stationed at a remote base in the frozen waste of Antarctica have begged for rescue after one member of the team ...

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results