News articles tagged with 'Antarctic'
NOAA scientists find killer whales in Antarctic waters prefer Weddell seals over other prey
— 31 Mar 2011 16:06 | BiologyNOAA's Fisheries Service scientists studying the cooperative hunting behaviour of killer whales in Antarctic waters observed the animals favouring one type of seal over all other available…
Some Antarctic ice is forming from bottom
— 4 Mar 2011 16:24 | EnvironmentScientists working in the remotest part of Antarctica have discovered that liquid water locked deep under the continent's coat of ice regularly thaws and refreezes to the bottom, creating…
Carbon sink at South Pole has grown recently, historical collections reveal
— 22 Feb 2011 23:10 | EnvironmentBy studying collections of a marine bryozoan that date back to a famous 1901 expedition to the South Pole, researchers have found that those organisms were growing steadily up until…
More deep-sea vents discovered
— 15 Feb 2011 16:12 | EnvironmentScientists aboard the Royal Research Ship James Cook have discovered a new set of deep-sea volcanic vents in the chilly waters of the Southern Ocean. The discovery is the fourth made…
Ice cores yield rich history of climate change
— 3 Feb 2011 17:27 | EnvironmentOn Friday, Jan. 28 in Antarctica, a research team investigating the last 100,000 years of Earth's climate history reached an important milestone completing the main ice core to a depth…
Climate change to continue to year 3000 in best case scenarios
— 9 Jan 2011 19:13 | EnvironmentNew research indicates the impact of rising CO2 levels in the Earth's atmosphere will cause unstoppable effects to the climate for at least the next 1000 years, causing researchers…
King crab distributions limited by temperature in the Southern Ocean
— 2 Nov 2010 13:57 | EnvironmentInvasions of voracious predatory crabs due to global warming could threaten the unique continental-shelf ecosystems of Antarctica, according to newly published findings…
Is the ice at the South Pole melting?
— 30 Oct 2010 16:29 | EnvironmentThe change in the ice mass covering Antarctica is a critical factor in global climate events. Scientists at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences have now found that the year…
Most penguin populations continue to decline
— 3 Sep 2010 10:22 | EnvironmentPenguin biologists from around the world, who are gathered in Boston this week, warn that ten of the planet's eighteen penguin species have experienced further serious population declines.…
Seafood stewardship questionable: UBC-Scripps experts
— 2 Sep 2010 16:10 | EnvironmentThe world's most established fisheries certifier is failing on its promises as rapidly as it gains prominence, according the world's leading fisheries experts from the University of…