Antarctic

Moss on melting ice with Antarctic mountains in the background.

Antarctica is changing, for good. This is what scientists say it will look like by 2100

Only a tiny part of Antarctica – less than 1% – is permanently free of ice. Key points: Thousands of square kilometers of Antarctica will be ice-free by the end of the century Most of Antarctica’s biodiversity is found in ice-free areas, and some species will benefit from the increased habitat, while others will suffer. …

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Antarctic sea ice extent hits record highs in latest State of the Climate report

Antarctic sea ice extent hits record highs in latest State of the Climate report

Australia continues to warm. Extreme heat days continue to become more frequent, fire weather continues to intensify, and sea levels continue to rise. Key points: National and global temperatures continue to rise despite COVID-induced drop in emissions Australia’s climate has now warmed by around 1.5 degrees Celsius since national records began in 1910 There have …

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An Antarctic neutrino telescope has detected a signal from the core of a nearby active galaxy

An Antarctic neutrino telescope has detected a signal from the core of a nearby active galaxy

A huge neutrino observatory buried deep in the ice of Antarctica has discovered only the second extra-galactic source of the elusive particles ever found. In results published last week in Science, the IceCube collaboration reports the detection of neutrinos from an “active galaxy” called NGC 1068, located some 47 million light-years from Earth. How to …

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