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Study finds Antarctica's glacial border migrates for miles with the tide

Phys Dot Org 26 Sep 2023
The research, published today in The Cryosphere, examines the key region where land-based Antarctic ice spills over into the surrounding ocean ... In less stable Antarctic regions, such as the Thwaites Glacier, this process is known to have driven long-term historic grounding line retreat ... Journal information ... Provided by British Antarctic Survey.
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Study explores supergiant iceberg's huge impact on surrounding ocean surface

Phys Dot Org 22 Sep 2023
These results are published this week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters ... Researchers from British Antarctic Survey and University of Sheffield used satellite data to observe how the melting iceberg affected the temperature and saltiness, or salinity, of the top few centimeters of the ocean surface ... Journal information.
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Think Manhattan is a mess this Climate Week? Wait until the UN-led movement bans fossil fuels

New York Post 22 Sep 2023
More On. climate change. Biden warns United Nations AI could ‘govern us,’ poses ‘enormous peril’ ... Sea ice drops to ‘alarming’ levels in the Antarctic. ‘Everyone should be concerned’. The death of journalism, fessing up to ‘two-parent privilege’ and other commentary ... see also. editorial ... see also ... ....
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Tens of thousands march to kick off climate summit, demanding end to warming-causing fossil fuels

New York Post 19 Sep 2023
More On. climate change. Sea ice drops to ‘alarming’ levels in the Antarctic. ‘Everyone should be concerned’. The death of journalism, fessing up to ‘two-parent privilege’ and other commentary. Climate activists spray Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate with orange paint ... But protesters say it’s not going to be enough ... Rep ... AP ... AP ... ....
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Polar experiments reveal seasonal cycle in Antarctic sea ice algae

Phys Dot Org 15 Sep 2023
The study, published in the ISME Journal, contains some of the first measurements of how sea-ice microbes respond to changing conditions ... research station on the West Antarctic Peninsula ... Jodi Young et al, Microbial metabolomic responses to changes in temperature and salinity along the western Antarctic Peninsula, ISME Journal (2023) ... ISME Journal.
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Brunt Ice Shelf speeds up after calving of giant iceberg

Phys Dot Org 13 Sep 2023
The observations have been submitted this week to the journal The Cryosphere ... Scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are closely monitoring the situation using GPS equipment deployed on the ice and satellite data ... Halley is closed during the Antarctic winter and no staff are currently on station ... Journal information.
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Antarctic ice shelves thinner than previously thought: Study

TeluguStop 03 Sep 2023
The research, published in the Journal of Glaciology, is the first ....
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Australian icebreaker heads to Antarctic station to rescue expeditioner suffering medical condition

Bennington Banner 02 Sep 2023
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An icebreaker is on its way from Australia to an Antarctic research station to rescue ... Quality local journalism needs your support.
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Researchers find Antarctic ice shelves thinner than previously thought

Phys Dot Org 01 Sep 2023
"Because the Antarctic ice sheet is so big, a 1% misestimation in how fast it's melting could mean inches or feet of sea level rise that we're not accounting for," she said ... Chartrand et al, A comparison of contemporaneous airborne altimetry and ice-thickness measurements of Antarctic ice shelves, Journal of Glaciology (2023) ... Journal information.
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Scientists Report Mass Antarctic Penguin Die-Off

Voa News 27 Aug 2023
The British Antarctic Survey is blaming climate change and says satellite images suggest as many as 10,000 baby penguins may have died ... The study by the British Antarctic Survey, the national polar research institute, was published Friday in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
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Loss of Antarctic ice hurting survival of emperor penguin chicks, study says

Jamaica Observer 26 Aug 2023
“If the sea ice breaks up under them, the young chicks will drown or freeze to death,” said Peter Fretwell, a researcher at the British Antarctic Survey and co-author of the study published Thursday in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
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Antarctic ice melt hurting survival of emperor penguin chicks: study

New York Post 26 Aug 2023
“If the sea ice breaks up under them, the young chicks will drown or freeze to death,” said Peter Fretwell, a researcher at the British Antarctic Survey and co-author of the study published Thursday in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
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Penguin chicks dying as Antarctic ice melts

SCNOW Morning News 26 Aug 2023
"If the sea ice breaks up under them, the young chicks will drown or freeze to death," said Peter Fretwell, a researcher at the British Antarctic Survey and co-author of the study published Thursday in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
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Emperor penguins in Antarctica are threatened by loss of sea ice

The Jerusalem Post 25 Aug 2023
Emperor penguins in Antarctica are being driven to the brink of extinction due to climate change and the resultant melting sea ice, according to a new study by researchers from the British Antarctic Survey which was published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
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'Unprecedented' breeding failure of Emperor penguins in Antarctica

RTE 24 Aug 2023
... of the Antarctic winter ... Dr Jeremy Wilkinson, a sea ice physicist at the British Antarctic Survey, said today’s report, which is published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment, dramatically reveals the connection between sea ice loss and ecosystem annihilation.
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