2021 Solar Eclipse from Union Glacier, Antarctica
Dec. 4, 2021, total solar eclipse from Union Glacier, Antarctica. Watch the entire total solar eclipse. Video Live-streamed by Nasa.
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Antarctica’s Crocodile Icefish : The Frozen Marvel of Antarctica
Antarctica’s Crocodile Icefish Deep beneath the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean, a unique creature thrives in an environment most fish could never survive—the Crocodile Icefish (Channichthyidae). Found only in the Antarctic’s icy waters, these remarkable fish have evolved some of the most extraordinary adaptations in the animal kingdom, including antifreeze proteins and blood unlike any other vertebrate on Earth. […]
Read moreAntarctica team uncovers century-old artefacts from Douglas Mawson hut
An expedition team in Antarctica has successfully cleared away layers of thick ice from inside the hut of the famous Australian explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, revealing a century-old frozen bowl of peas, books on the shelves, candles, matches and “old-style woolen underwear”. The team used picks and chainsaws to remove the ice that had filled the main living quarters used […]
Read moreCAN A HURRICANE BE DEACTIVATED?
We all know that hurricanes are very powerful and destructive. Some scientists think that we can try to control them by slowing, stopping or weakening them with pumps. The pumps would bring the colder water to the surface from deep into the ocean waters to decrease the heat that hurricanes thrive on. This system would be very costly transporting the […]
Read moreClimate change helps Alaskan grow organic food on the tundra
Between fighting wildfires and rerouting the Iditarod, Alaska has had a tough time with climate change. But at least there’s one good outcome: local food. In Bethel, a town in southwestern Alaska, farmer Tim Meyers is taking advantage of rising temperatures to grow food in the previously inhospitable tundra. NPR reports: At the 15-acre organic farm, which has been operating for more […]
Read moreVines strangle carbon storage in tropical forests
Tropical forests account for a third of the total carbon fixed by photosynthesis. Lianas’ increasing abundance may be driven by changing climate, increased disturbance or by more severe seasonal drought. By reducing the ability of tropical forests to accumulate and store carbon released through burning fossil fuels, lianas could cause a positive feedback loop, accelerating climate change. “This study has […]
Read moreGreenland’s Ice Sheet Is Melting
Studies show that the oceans are warming, and Antarctica’s ice is melting. Now there is a new area where the ice is melting, Greenland’s ice sheets. It shows that southwest Greenland’s ice sheets are melting at an alarming rate. They have been melting at about 4 times the rate that was researched in 2003. Research showed that this area was […]
Read moreWilkes Land Anomaly Continues to Baffle Scientists
Wilkes Land Anomaly Deep beneath the ice of East Antarctica’s Wilkes Land, an enigmatic mass anomaly has continued to puzzle scientists since its discovery. Located under a 300-mile-wide (480 km) impact crater-like structure, the Wilkes Land Anomaly has fueled numerous theories ranging from an asteroid impact site to the remnants of a lost continent—or even, according to some fringe theories, […]
Read moreWeather Channel Founder Claims ‘Global warming the greatest scam in history’
The open deliberation about environmental change is done – on the grounds that it has been completely demonstrated NOT to exist, one of the world’s best known environmental change doubter has asserted. John Coleman, who helped to establish the Weather Channel, stunned scholastic’s by demanding the hypothesis of man-rolled out atmosphere improvement was no more deductively dependable. Rather, what ‘little […]
Read moreA warmer world will be a hazier one
Aerosols, tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere, impact the environment by affecting air quality and alter the Earth’s radiative balance by either scattering or absorbing sunlight to varying degrees. What impact does climate change, induced by greenhouse gases (GHGs), have on the aerosol “burden”–the total mass of aerosols in a vertical column of air? Past research done […]
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