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Antarctic winter sea-ice reaches record lows – BBC News
The sea-ice surrounding Antarctica is well below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to global warming. “It’s so far outside anything we’ve seen, it’s almost mind-blowing,” says Walter Meier, who monitors sea-ice with the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Antarctica’s huge ice expanse regulates the planet’s temperature, as the white surface…
Warming ocean melting weak spots into vast Antarctic glacier – BBC News
Antarctic glaciers are possibly more sensitive to changes in sea temperature than was thought, new research shows. For the first time in history, scientists have drilled 600m (1,968ft) to the bottom of the Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica, and taken measurements of where the ice is melting. Footage taken in 2019 at the start of the study shows researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and…
Antarctic quest to find Shackleton's lost ship – BBC News
The Endurance was lost on Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic in 1914-17 and lies at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. Many have tried to identify its resting place but sea-ice cover in the region makes navigation very tricky. Dr John Shears and colleagues, however, are undaunted. Having been beaten on their last mission, they’re returning. The team will take different submersibles this…
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