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- Greening of Antarctica shows how climate change affects the frozen continent https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04102024/antarctica-greening-another-climate-shift-sign/ 2 comments
- Why is Antarctica frozen? Mississippi mud helps solve enigma https://interestingengineering.com/science/mississippi-mud-cores-antarctic-ice 7 comments climate
- Scientists Propose Spraying Trillions Of Tons Of Frozen, Desalinized Seawater Onto Antarctica https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2019/07/23/scientists-propose-spraying-trillions-of-tons-of-frozen-desalinized-seawater-onto-antarctica/#395df8036e7d 48 comments worldnews
- OpenBSD in Antarctica - Frozen Geek Technology Blog https://frozen-geek.net/introductions/ 16 comments openbsd
- Tales From the Shutdown: Grad Student Is Frozen Out of Research in Antarctica http://news.sciencemag.org/people-events/2013/10/tales-shutdown-grad-student-frozen-out-research-antarctica 20 comments science
- What do scientists at Antarctica's research stations do to relax? Play a badass game of rugby on the frozen ocean, of course. (with pics) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/03/23/how-antarcticas-scientists-chill-out-with-a-rugby-match-on-the-ice/ 4 comments science
- Before becoming frozen wasteland, Antarctica was home to frogs after 40 million-year-old fossils unearthed. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-frog/before-becoming-frozen-wasteland-antarctica-was-home-to-frogs-iduskcn22639c 14 comments science
- A Huge Plume of Magma Is Bulging Against Antarctica. The frozen continent may hide a column of red-hot magma straining toward the surface. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-huge-plume-of-magma-is-bulging-against-antarctica/ 8 comments worldnews
- Russian scientist in Antarctica drill through 3,768m of frozen ice to an underground lake to find new life that has been preserved from earth for millions of years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lake_vostok 8 comments science
- Frozen Lake in Antarctica Is a Time Capsule From Millions of Years Ago | Now, scientists have retrieved samples of the unique microbes, which have survived in a massive chamber of liquid fresh water below more than 9 meters (30 feet) of solid ice. https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-frozen-lake-is-a-time-capsule-from-millions-of-years-ago 44 comments science
- Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find https://apnews.com/article/antarctic-ice-extreme-weather-climate-change-d9eff33e1acc06512e4e47156745237a 5 comments worldnews
- Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find https://apnews.com/article/antarctic-ice-extreme-weather-climate-change-d9eff33e1acc06512e4e47156745237a 8 comments futurology
- Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find https://apnews.com/article/d9eff33e1acc06512e4e47156745237a 14 comments worldnews
- Antarctic bacteria live on air and make their own water using hydrogen as fuel. Scientists studied 451 different kinds of bacteria from frozen soils in East Antarctica and found most of them live by using hydrogen from the air as a fuel. https://theconversation.com/antarctic-bacteria-live-on-air-and-make-their-own-water-using-hydrogen-as-fuel-171808 23 comments science
- Australia's Antarctic claim 'at risk' - It holds the largest claim to Antarctica, but risks losing it in any race to unlock the frozen continent's potentially vast mineral & energy resources http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-australia-antarctic.html 16 comments worldnews
- Beneath Antarctica’s Ice Is a Graveyard of Dead Continents. Data from a European satellite has revealed the tectonic underworld below the frozen southernmost continent. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/science/east-antarctica-supercontinent.html 449 comments space
- Scientists warn of tourism threat to Antarctica: Antarctic scientists on June 18 warned that a surge in tourists visiting the frozen continent and new roads and runways built to service research facilities were threatening its fragile environment. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/28/world/science-health-world/scientists-warn-tourism-threat-antarctica/#.u6__klgmvxu 159 comments worldnews
- Antarctica ‘suffering’ because of burning fossil fuels, scientists warn. Sea ice around the frozen continent is currently at its lowest level since satellites began observing it in 1979, beating the previous minimum record set last year. https://www.itv.com/news/2023-08-08/antarctica-suffering-because-of-burning-fossil-fuels-scientists-warn 7 comments environment
- THIS FIVE-STORY BLOOD-RED WATERFALL POURS SLOWLY FROM THE TAYLOR GLACIER IN THE McMURDO DRY VALLEYS OF ANTARCTICA. The crimson hue of the frozen waterfall was assumed to be due to algae when geologists first found it in 1911, but its real origin turned out to be far more stunning. https://www.serage2020.com/2021/08/blood-falls.html 5 comments nature
- Scientists exploring a remote region of Antarctica have discovered evidence of a 260 million-year-old forest, recovering fossilized tree fragments from the frozen ground of the Transantarctic Mountains. The forest would have existed before the Great Dying Mass Extinction Event 252 million years ago. http://www.newsweek.com/antarctica-ancient-forest-dinosaurs-discovered-709192 3 comments worldnews