Tag: Antarctic
Perseverance, the Polar Pod supply sailboat
There was Perseverance, the NASA rover sent to Mars last February. From now on, there will also be Perseverance, the supply ship attached to the Polar Pod mission. It was…
In the heart of the ice, the secrets of the climate
The analysis of the ice obtained by coring allows to reconstruct the variations of the temperature and the chemical composition of theatmosphere in the past, and that until approximately 400,000…
Relive the total solar eclipse that took place on the other side of the world on Saturday
It is with the approach of the solstice, at the heart of a polar day during which the Sun never sets, that Antarctica has just experienced a total eclipse. A…
A surprisingly powerful carbon sink in the Southern Ocean
Too many human activities are the source of carbon dioxide emissions. Fortunately, this CO2 is partially absorbed not only by plants, but also by the oceans. Slowing down anthropogenic global…
Total solar eclipse visible from the southern Atlantic Ocean and over the Antarctic continent
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Global warming is accelerating the world’s strongest ocean current
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is the most powerful ocean currents in the world. And thanks to new data, researchers now establish that it tends to accelerate … under the…
Antarctica could collapse in just a decade
In recent years, more and more icebergs seem to be breaking out of Antarctica. It has happened in the past. And researchers fear this is a sign that a shift…