The glaciers Thwaites and Pine Island, two of the most important in the Antarctica Western countries, they would have begun their significant decline as early as the 1940s, thus sharing a common history of weight loss. A team led by the University of Houston (USA) that publishes the journal PNAS studies the history of the […]
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Argentina launches a nuclear-powered plastic control program in Antarctica
From the Marambio base, in the Antarctica Argentina, the president Javier Milei began cooperation activities with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the use of nuclear energy in the control of pollution by plastics, according to official sources reported this Saturday. The president traveled to the Marambio Joint Antarctic Base, together with the head […]
Ice in Antarctica retreated 1.5 million square kilometers in September
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The frozen surface of the sea in the Antarctica fell 1.5 million square kilometers this September with respect to the average in a similar month in the past, revealed this Monday the secretary general of the UNAntónio Guterres, who has just returned from a trip to the white continent. That area is equivalent to the […]
Antarctic melting: irreversible but less serious, limiting warming
He thaw of the Antarctica West, and the consequent rise in sea level that it will bring, is already “inevitable”but a study indicates that by keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees, this process would occur less quickly and coastal communities would have up to 50 years to adapt. A study by the British Antarctic Survey […]
What is being negotiated on a global scale in Chile to protect Antarctica?
Twenty-six countries and the European Union trade this week in Santiago behind closed doors a timetable to protect oceanic areas surrounding the Antarcticawhose conservation is considered vital for the planet. The countries present at this meeting are members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), including the United States, Russia, […]
Sustainability will focus the new British scientific strategy in Antarctica
In the AntarcticaBritish scientific missions study how the ocean absorbs heat and carbon, census animals polar ice caps and drill into the ice to discover weather conditions of the past. But at the same time, they adapt to reduce their own environmental impact. “The main focus of our strategy is really on climate change, because […]
The melting forces to modify the maps of the polar regions of the Earth
The retreat of the greats glaciersthe detachment of icebergs and other effects of global warming have forced to redesign the maps of the polar regions of the Land produced by the institution of United Kingdom British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The “dramatic changes” that both the Arctic and the Antarctic have suffered are reflected in the […]
Melting Antarctica releases even more greenhouse gases
The thawing of the permafrost of the Antarcticaa type of soil that until now remained permanently frozen, is releasing large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. greenhouse effect trapped for centuries, thus contributing to the climate changeaccording to a study coordinated by the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). The phenomenon, which […]
The UN says that by 2066 the ozone layer will have fully recovered
The UN said Monday that by 2066 the ozone layer will have fully recovered thanks to a worldwide ban on the use of chemicals that caused a hole in the ozonosphere over the Antarctic. The Scientific Advisory Group of the Montreal Protocolan international agreement that came into force in 1989 to eliminate the use of […]
Antarctica: a trip to the end of the world to understand the world of the future
Known in the collective imagination as “the end of the world”, the Antarctica is today the thermometer of the Earth: a vast frozen territory in which scientists investigate the effects produced by the climate change and that will have consequences throughout the planet. Despite its remoteness, which forces visitors to King George Island, the closest […]