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......»»
It"s 70 Degrees Warmer than Normal in Eastern Antarctica. Scientists Flabbergasted
"The coldest location on the planet has experienced an episode of warm weather this week unlike any ever observed, with temperatures over the eastern Antarctic ice sheet soaring 50 to 90 degrees above normal," reports the Washington Post. "The warm.....»»
India bets on green hydrogen to become energy net exporter
India has started to deploy hydrogen-based fuel cell vehicles and charging stations in a bid to develop a green hydrogen ecosystem and become an energy net exporter on the back of abundant solar energy reserves......»»
Whale migrations: How new UN treaty aims to protect species on the high seas
A humpback whale we tagged while it was feeding off the Western Antarctic Peninsula made a nearly 19,000 km-round trip in 265 days, traveling north from Antarctica to its breeding area off Colombia and back. Whales migrate thousands of kilometers eac.....»»
Sea ice that slowed the flow of Antarctic glaciers abruptly shatters in three days
In just three days in late January, a mass of ice the size of Philadelphia fragmented from the Larsen-B embayment on the Antarctic Peninsula and floated away, after persisting there for more than a decade. NASA satellites captured the break-up betwee.....»»
Endurance: Explorer Shackleton"s ship found after a century
Researchers have discovered the remarkably well-preserved wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, in 10,000 feet of icy water, a century after it was swallowed up by Antarctic ice during what proved to be one of the most heroic e.....»»
Stephen Colbert would like the "Endurance" discovery team to "find his left AirPod"
Over a century after its icy demise in 1915, Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's lost ship Endurance has been found. A team of researchers and marine archaeologists located the vessel at the bottom of the Weddell Sea, 107 years after Shackleton ga.....»»
Endurance, Ernest Shackleton"s Ship, Lost in 1915, Is Found in Antarctica
Explorers and researchers, battling freezing temperatures, have located Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's ship that sank in the Antarctic in 1915. From a report: The wreck of Endurance has been found in the Antarctic, 106 years after the historic ship w.....»»
Netflix Suspends Service in Russia
Netflix has decided to cut off its streaming service to its 1 million subscribers in Russia, as well as halting Russian-made Netflix Original productions.Editor's Note: The war in Ukraine is an ongoing, painful and emotive topic. IGN urges commun.....»»
"Wave reserves" may help ensure conservation of ecologically valuable coastal areas
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth believe a strategy used to protect popular surfing spots could now be more widely adopted to help preserve endangered coastal environments......»»
Linux Foundation"s "Census II" of Open Source Libraries Urges Support, Security, and Standardization
"Much of the most widely used free and open source software is developed by only a handful of contributors," warns the Linux Foundation, in the executive summary for its massive new census of free and open source software application libraries. It wa.....»»
NSA urges businesses to adopt zero trust for network security
The National Security Agency this week detailed recommendations for businesses to secure their network infrastructure against attacks, giving safe configuration tips for commonly used networking protocols and urging the use of basic security measu.....»»
Elon Musk: “High” probability of Russian attacks on Starlink in Ukraine
Musk urges users to place Starlink antennas as far away from people as possible. Enlarge / Boxes of Starlink terminals in Ukraine seen in a picture posted by Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. (credit: Mykhailo Fedorov) Spa.....»»
How mussels stay ice-free in an icy world
Antarctic waters have conditions in which objects and living creatures can freeze even under water. This is a major problem for marine travel in polar regions. So-called supercooled water has a temperature just below the freezing point. Due to the hi.....»»
Ukraine urges Tim Cook to block the Apple App Store in Russia
Following a barrage of economic and financial sanctions from several countries, Ukraine has now called on the private sector to do its part — starting with tech giant Apple......»»
Ukraine Official Urges "IT Army" of World"s Digital Talent To Attack Russian Energy and Financial Firms
VentureBeat reports: In Ukraine today, Mykhailo Fedorov, the country's vice prime minister, announced on Twitter, "We are creating an IT army." "We need digital talents," wrote Fedorov, who also holds the title of minister of digital transformation.....»»
Sea Ice Around Antarctica Reaches a Record Low
Sea ice around Antarctica has reached a record low in four decades of observations, a new analysis of satellite images shows. From a report: As of Tuesday, ice covered 750,000 square miles around the Antarctic coast, below the previous record low of.....»»
Black Carbon Pollution from Tourism and Research Increasing Antarctic Snowmelt, Study Says
Black carbon pollution from tourism and research activities in Antarctica is likely increasing snowmelt on the continent by an estimated 83 tonnes for each visitor, according to new research. From a report: Scientists have estimated that the black ca.....»»
The formation of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was very different than previously believed
Roughly 35 million years ago, Earth cooled rapidly. At roughly the same time, the Drake Passage formed between South America and the Antarctic, paving the way for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Thanks to these two factors, Antarctica was soon com.....»»
Drilling of oldest ice on Earth underway
The first ice core drilling campaign of Beyond Epica-Oldest Ice has been successfully completed at the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica—one of the most extreme places on Earth. By analyzing a deep ice core extracted from the Antarctic ice s.....»»
Antarctic ice cores reveal Australian drought risk worse than thought
Antarctic ice core records have shown that eastern Australia's drought risk is greater than thought......»»