Nature Communications has published and made public an extensive report with full results on field sampling and diagnosis of the deadly Bird Flu virus, high pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV), detected in the Falkland Islands...
British Antarctic Survey has announced that the UK Antarctic Science Conference 2024 will take place at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, 1st – 3rd October 2024. The meeting aims to bring together all in the UK who are involved...
Uruguayan authorities reviewed the country's potential in Antarctica this week during a seminar on the matter held at Torre Ejecutiva in Montevideo to promote awareness, exchange data, share good practices, and support the study of the...
Australian scientists have developed the first environmental standards for fuel contamination in soils, for sub-Antarctic environments. These standards will help safeguard plants, invertebrates, microbes and soil function, in places like...
A leading Norwegian cruise line, pioneer in South Atlantic and Antarctica expeditions is pushing its marketing efforts in China with a new road-show that will visit three cities in the country.
Some 170 cruise calls and an estimated 100,000 visitors are what the Punta Arenas, Austral Ports Enterprise, Epaiustral, is expecting for the coming 2024/25 season. Of these 128 are internationally flagged vessels, while the remaining...
The Australian Antarctic Division is calling for public comment on a draft Initial Environmental Evaluation of RSV Nuyina's activities for the next five years.
The Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting invites applications for the role of Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty. Apply to the FCDO by 30 September 2024.
Simulated study shows southern ecosystems could be compromised by objects from South Africa, South America, New Zealand and Australia as global heating continues Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and...
Global warming is putting the continent’s ice at risk of destruction in many forms. But one especially calamitous scenario might be a less pressing concern, a new study found.
For the first time, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are publishing their carbon footprint data on their website to increase transparency and help other organizations reduce their carbon emissions.
The Royal Navy’s ice patrol ship HMS Protector is swapping the high north for the deepest south after completing a successful mission to Canada’s polar waters. The Plymouth-based survey and scientific vessel usually patrols the...
Influx of highly pathogenic strain a case of ‘not if, but when’ and could devastate native wildlife, experts say Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The Australian government is ramping up...
Antarctic expeditioners at Mawson research station have had front row seats to a rare atmospheric phenomenon – the formation of spectacular polar stratospheric clouds, also known as ‘nacreous’ or ‘mother of pearl’ clouds.
Un enorme trozo de hielo del tamaño de una ciudad da vueltas y vueltas, atrapado en un vórtice sobre una montaña submarina. Nadie sabe cuándo se detendrá.
The three services of the Argentine Armed Forces, together with private sector companies have finished upgrading landing facilities at the Antarctic base of Petrel in the Antarctic Peninsula. Accordingly during the month of June a first...
As Antarctic tourism grows, so does the environmental impact. Now scientists and artists who work on the continent hope to encourage us to admire from afar “If Antarctica were music, it would be Mozart,” the Australian broadcaster Andrew...
If a nuclear weapon is tested anywhere in the world, a global monitoring system run by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty organisation will detect it. Macquarie Island plays a key role in that network.
Professor Lloyd Peck FRS, Science Leader and marine biologist at British Antarctic Survey, has been announced as the 2024 recipient of the SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research. The medals, awarded by the Scientific Committee...
One of a planned 20-strong network of Antarctic observing towers, bristling with environmental sensors, is being built to monitor the “old growth forests” of Antarctica – centuries-old moss beds – and other biodiversity, near Casey...
Reported temperatures on continent in midwinter reach 28C above expectations on some days in July Ground temperatures across great swathes of the ice sheets of Antarctica have soared an average of 10C above normal over the past month, in...
A passive listening device recording whale calls and other underwater sounds off Heard Island, has provided insights into the Southern Ocean soundscape, and allowed scientists to estimate the size of sperm whales in the area.
Melting of ice is slowing planet’s rotation and could disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions and GPS The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes...
Tasmania has already recorded winds of 100km/h from the low-pressure system which is moving up the east coast Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community A...
Ship that sank in 1915 is intact on the bed of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica and will be preserved in situ A protection ring around the Endurance, one of the most famous shipwrecks of all time, is to be widened from 500 metres to 1,500...
Expeditioners across all four Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research stations and staff at head office in Hobart have been pushing their bodies to the limit for a good cause.
The public is being urged to have input on plans to expand the Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve. The islands are located in the Southern Ocean, about 4,000 kilometres south-west of Western Australia, and are the only...
Small increase in temperature of intruding water could lead to very big increase in loss of ice, scientists say A newly identified tipping point for the loss of ice sheets in Antarctica and elsewhere could mean future sea level rise is...
To mark the winter solstice, there’s a nudie Tassie swim – and then there are the Australian Antarctic expeditioners. At the Australian stations, a hole was cut in the ice with a chainsaw and digger to make a plunge pool, with swimmers...
Dr Steph Kaefer spent three weeks documenting unique colloquialisms on the frozen continent after newcomers were struck by the distinctive vocabulary If you know what it means to be a “fidlet” going for a “jolly” in your “doo”, then you...
The vessel, which sank off the coast of Canada in 1962, was used by the explorer on his final voyage to the continent The wreck of the ship on which renowned Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton died has been found off the coast of...
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Senate inquiry finds axed scientific programs, toxic workplace culture and a trouble-plagued icebreaker among problems Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily...
Andreas B. Heide has been shortlisted for a Shackleton award for his work in the far north, getting up close to nature to connect people emotionally with a fragile ecosystem To say the images of Andreas B. Heide during his working day...
Audio collected with underwater microphones suggests numbers at least stable after centuries of industrial whaling left only a few hundred alive Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news...
An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem On 18 March, 2022, scientists at the Concordia research station on the east Antarctic plateau documented a...
When the research team at Vernadsky base are not defending their homeland, they are on the frontline of the climate crisis When Ukraine’s Antarctic research and supply vessel Noosfera left Odesa on its maiden voyage on 28 January 2022,...
Asymptomatic cases may seem reassuring for the penguins, but scientists fear they could act as ‘Trojan horses’ for other species Adélie penguins in Antarctica are testing positive for bird flu without showing outward signs of disease,...
Turkey’s 8th National Antarctic Science Expedition is seeking answers to questions about the future of the world with 22 different projects on the continent. Anadolu Agency’s photojournalist Sebnem Coskun is documenting the expedition’s...
Incredibly tough plants can tolerate intense cold and prolonged darkness, but temperature has also been rising Mosses are the plant superheroes of Antarctica, steadily colonising parts of the continent, building up into plump green...
Last week most of the scientists and several of the crew headed home from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, having accomplished their scientific objectives for this season. Only a core crew and one scientist will stay until the end of...