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Voice of the Sea Ice: New Zealand’s Paris Agreement commitments
Human-induced warming is having an impact on Earth’s systems, including ice melt in Antarctica. So what is the world doing ...
The Subantarctic: wild islands far south of New Zealand
Antarctic cruises have never been so popular, with roughly 100,000 passengers a year. About 98% of them sail from South ...
Voice of the Sea Ice: Antarctica’s heartbeat
It's November 2024. Small red flags flap lazily in the breeze on the sea ice in front of Scott Base. They mark a safe route ...
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Does US science have a future in Antarctica? Trump cuts threaten to cancel fieldwork and more
Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...
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Ponant Explorations’ Le Commandant Charcot embarks on Antarctica circumnavigation
Ponant Explorations' Le Commandant Charcot is set to embark on a circumnavigation of Antarctica from January to March 2028.
Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise
A new study found parts of Antartica could pass a tipping point for mass ice sheet losses as soon as 2050 – pushing sea ...
What’s Beneath All That Ice In Antarctica? New Map Reveals The Hidden World And Possibly The Future
A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...
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US Air Force returns from Antarctica after summer mission accomplished
The parking apron in front of U.S. Air Force facilities at Christchurch International Airport, pictured in March 2025, can be quite busy over the summer period. (Gordon Arthur) CHRISTCHURCH, New ...