The president of the World Meteorological Organization, Dr David Grimes, and over 30 international experts on polar weather and climate […]
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No chilling out in Antarctica for TVNZ reporter
Every summer, a handful of journalists descend on Scott Base in Antarctica joining the scientists, military and civilian personnel travelling […]
Continue readingWas penguin evolution driven by a cooling Antarctic? – NZ Research
This article, reposted from The Conversation, is based on new research co-authored by Allan Wilson Centre researchers Gabrielle Beans-Picon (Massey […]
Continue readingAntarctic reserves back on the agenda at CCAMLR
Policy makers are hoping an Antarctic conservation meeting in Hobart could lead to no-fish zones in the Southern Ocean, but […]
Continue readingUS suspends Antarctic research programme – experts respond
Antarctic research programmes are in limbo as funding repercussions from the United States federal shutdown reach the southernmost continent. The […]
Continue readingPolar ice loss speed-up may not last – experts respond
Satellite observations have measured accelerating polar ice mass loss over the past decade as part of the Gravity Recovery and […]
Continue readingClimate answers buried in Antarctica
Many of the remaining great unknowns about climate change lie buried within Antarctica’s ice. At the Strategic Science in Antarctica […]
Continue readingBrrrr! Experts comment on polar blast
New Zealand is in the grip of a winter storm, with cold southerlies from Antarctica bringing snow, wind and hail. […]
Continue readingVeronika Meduna on science in Antarctica
Veronika Meduna (from Radio NZ’s Our Changing World) reflects on the New Zealand’s contribution to Antarctic science in a column […]
Continue readingAntarctica’s ‘near tropical’ past
A drilling expedition off the coast of Antarctica has revealed the continent once boasted a warm “near tropical” climate. In […]
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