WWF urges end to deadlock on new Antarctic reserves
Members of a multinational group on Antarctic conservation must end a years-long deadlock and agree on new marine reserves in the region as sea-ice shrinks to record lows, the WWF urged Wednesday......»»
Ozone hole grows this year, but still shrinking in general
The Antarctic ozone hole last week peaked at a moderately large size for the third straight year—bigger than the size of North America—but experts say it's still generally shrinking despite recent blips because of high altitude cold weather......»»
Musk asks judge to cancel trial, claims Twitter won’t “take yes for an answer”
Musk urges judge to stay case and remove October 17 trial from court's calendar. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Samuel Corum) Elon Musk today slammed Twitter for not immediately dropping its lawsuit against him and asked the.....»»
Seasonal change in Antarctic ice sheet movement observed for first time
Some estimates of Antarctica's total contribution to sea-level rise may be over- or underestimated, after researchers detected a previously unknown source of ice loss variability......»»
Researchers find 1 million-year-old marine DNA in Antarctic sediment
A new study led by the University of Tasmania—with the participation of the University of Bonn—discovered the oldest marine DNA in deep-sea sediments of the Scotia Sea north of the Antarctic continent. The material could be dated to one million y.....»»
Atlassian is being actively exploited to compromise corporate networks
US Government urges organizations to patch their endpoints immediately......»»
Volvo-Geely engine unit urges automakers to pool combustion tech
Bundling non-electric assets would help to improve hybrid-combustion technology and add scale to save costs, said Michael Fleiss, CEO of the Swedish branch of Aurobay, a joint venture of Volvo Cars and Zhejiang Geely Holding......»»
Antarctic glaciers vulnerable to rising temperatures
On the East Antarctic Plateau there are huge glaciers under the sea. In order to improve future scenarios related to rising sea levels, scientists need to understand the ways in which these glaciers will respond to rising temperatures in the atmosphe.....»»
Larval health of an Antarctic cold-water coral species may be resistant to warming water
The larval health of an Antarctic cold-water coral species may be resistant to warming water temperatures, a University of Maine study finds, bringing new hope for the climate change resilience of deep-sea ecosystems in the Western Antarctic Peninsul.....»»
U.S. Fossil-Fuel Reserves Alone Could Put Global Climate Targets Out of Reach
A new fossil-fuel tracker tallies global oil, gas, and coal reserves and projects to show how current production could drive the world above the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius.....»»
Fossil fuel reserves contain 3.5 tn tonnes of CO2: database
Burning the world's remaining fossil fuel reserves would unleash 3.5 trillion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions—seven times the remaining carbon budget to cap global heating at 1.5C—according to the first public inventory of hydrocarbons release.....»»
Scientists chart 45 million years of Antarctic temperature change
Molecular fossils and machine learning have enabled scientists to build the first charts of Antarctic ocean temperatures over the past 45 million years, offering important insights into future sea level changes......»»
New study cracks the code for future exploration of oil and gas in the Jizhong depression
Oil and gas are two of the most important natural resources, contributing to over half of the world's energy supply. Reserves of these resources are thus, of high economic and strategic interest......»»
Antarctic stations are plagued by sexual harassment. It"s time for things to change
In October 2017, Antarctic science had its own #MeToo moment. Science magazine published a piece on allegations of abuse of female geoscientists in Antarctica—the most remote environment in the world......»»
Signal says hundreds of users may have been hit in phishing attack
Messaging app Signal urges users to re-register app to avoid potential attacks.....»»
"Fall" review: Vultures are the sharks of the sky in tense thriller
From the producers of 47 Meters Down comes another horror movie that urges audiences to feel smugly superior for choosing channel surfing over extreme sports. This time, our pair of plucky heroines aren't swimming with sharks. They're scaling a dilap.....»»
Recent studies find previously unknown loss of Antarctic ice
New research on Antarctica, including the first map of iceberg calving, doubles the previous estimates of loss from ice shelves and details how the continent is changing......»»
New Android Campaign Urges Apple to ‘Fix Texting’
Android has had enough with Apple’s blue-versus-green bubble dichotomy. The post New Android Campaign Urges Apple to ‘Fix Texting’ appeared first on ExtremeTech......»»
Lowest July Antarctic sea ice on record: monitor
Last month saw the lowest extent of Antarctic sea ice on record for July, according to the European Union's satellite monitoring group......»»
These critical VMware security flaws must be patched now
VMware fixes an escalation of privilege flaw found in a number of its products, and urges admins to patch immediately......»»
Monitoring polar ice melting by combining data from different satellites
The Antarctic region is particularly vulnerable to climate change, and studies have shown that the melting of Antarctic ice sheets has accelerated considerably in recent years. As a result, sea levels continue to rise globally, threatening the lives.....»»