Tag: Antarctica
Microplastic in fresh snow in Antarctica: “Not good”
Facts: Microplastic Microplastic is a collective name for small plastic fragments that are up to five millimeters. It can be made as microplastic or formed during wear or degradation of…
Discovery of a real world hidden under Antarctica
As they studied the mechanisms that govern Antarctica, researchers have decided to explore the underside of this continent of ice. And they discovered a real hidden world there! 98% covered…
Discovered in Antarctica! For the first time a large amount of…
Scientists announced that they discovered a large amount of water for the first time in the depths of the ice sheet covering Antarctica. IT IS IN THE FORM OF WET…
Underwater volcano wakes up in Antarctica
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The main threats from the melting of an ice shelf in Antarctica
To understand the main actors of the melting of the ice in Antarctica and to predict future events, scientists have studied the Larsen barrier, a structure of ice that maintains…
The ‘rivers of the sky’ threaten Antarctica
The “rivers of heaven” precipitated the heat that caused the 1,200 square kilometer ice shelf –the size of los angeles– will collapse in Antarctica in March. A study published in…
The collapse of this ice barrier in Antarctica worries scientists
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Antarctica: a block of ice as big as Rome has collapsed
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More than 30°C above seasonal averages in Antarctica and the Arctic
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Why Plant Expansion in Antarctica Worries Scientists
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