On 18 March, 2022, scientists at the Concordia research station on the east Antarctic plateau documented a remarkable event. They recorded the largest jump in…
View More ‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastropheTag: Antarctica
Plantwatch: how does moss survive and thrive in harsh Antarctic climate?
Mosses are the plant superheroes of Antarctica, steadily colonising parts of the continent, building up into plump green cushions or even deep banks on bare…
View More Plantwatch: how does moss survive and thrive in harsh Antarctic climate?Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’
Morning is a construct in the Antarctic summer. It’s 7.30am and Nerilie Abram, a climate science professor at the Australian National University, is having breakfast…
View More Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn
Many of the gravest threats to humanity are drawing closer, as carbon pollution heats the planet to ever more dangerous levels, scientists have warned. Five…
View More Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn‘We’ve lost control’: what happens when the west Antarctic ice sheet melts? – podcast
Madeleine Finlay hears from environment editor Damian Carrington about a new study by the British Antarctic Survey, which shows Antarctic ice may be melting even…
View More ‘We’ve lost control’: what happens when the west Antarctic ice sheet melts? – podcastRapid ice melt in west Antarctica now inevitable, research shows
Accelerated ice melt in west Antarctica is inevitable for the rest of the century no matter how much carbon emissions are cut, research indicates. The…
View More Rapid ice melt in west Antarctica now inevitable, research showsScientists lament Southern Ocean ‘data desert’, just as climate crisis brings frightening changes
A chronic shortage of observations of the vast ocean surrounding Antarctica is hindering more accurate forecasts of the consequences of the climate crisis, a meeting…
View More Scientists lament Southern Ocean ‘data desert’, just as climate crisis brings frightening changesFears over Antarctic sea ice as yearly ozone layer hole forms ‘very early’
The hole in the ozone layer has begun to form early this year, prompting warnings that a larger-than-average hole may further warm the Southern Ocean…
View More Fears over Antarctic sea ice as yearly ozone layer hole forms ‘very early’‘The impact we have is vast’: scientists look to clean up Antarctica
A short walk into the biting wind from Villa Las Estrellas, a tiny Chilean village on the Antarctic peninsula, there is a cove which most…
View More ‘The impact we have is vast’: scientists look to clean up Antarctica‘Extreme situation’: Antarctic sea ice hits record low
The area of sea ice around Antarctica has hit a record low, with scientists reporting “never having seen such an extreme situation before”. The ice…
View More ‘Extreme situation’: Antarctic sea ice hits record low