Antarctica
Shooting at blue whales from a small boat to obtain tissue samples was one of the tasks for Nelson-based marine scientist Carlos Olavarria in a more…
Introducing Bedmap2, a virtual model of the continent's bedrock This is neat. The British Antarctic Survey has created a virtual map of what Antarctica looks like underneath all that ice, which is more…
Prince Albert of Monaco addressed the opening of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ACTM) this morning, calling for large-scale marine protected areas to be established in the Ross Sea and more…
AP: A Chinese factory fishing ship has caught fire just off the coast of Antarctica. Ninety-seven crew members have been rescued by a nearby Norwegian vessel more…
Discovery: In early 1995, I led a Greenpeace expedition to Antarctica during which, among other things, we stopped off at King George Island, in the more…
Science Daily: Marine biologists have, for the first time, found a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica, giving new insights into life in more…
Bloomberg: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for establishing the world’s largest protected marine area in Antarctica and urged stronger global safeguards for oceans. Kerry and New Zealand’s more…
BBC: Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest continent on Earth. This high, barren, white desert is so remote and so inhospitable that no human more…
MNN: The discovery will affect climate change models, in which bottom water circulation plays an important role. With help from seals, scientists have discovered a new more…
ABC: The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has caused changes in the way that waters in the southern oceans mix, an international study shows. A more…
