Huge icebergs loosened from Antarctica
The iceberg loosened about 20 kilometers from the British research station Halley, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). No one currently lives at the … Read more
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The horror series “The Head” is about isolation and madness
Et is not at all difficult to keep a cool head under these circumstances: the temperature at the “Polaris VI” research station in Antarctica is … Read more
Lost in Antarctica, a wallet returned 53 years later
A US Navy meteorologist was happily surprised to see a wallet he had lost … 53 years earlier in Antarctica returned. Paul Grisham, now 91, … Read more
Falkland Islands: Typically Great Britain – except for the penguins
IIn the harbor there is a red telephone booth, row houses made of dark brick stand side by side. A few steps further a pub … Read more
In the Vendée Globe, icebergs are sailors’ deadly enemies
Geographers call them tabulars, but they have won since 1is February 1990 the nickname of “sinful” in the marine world, so much they are feared. … Read more
The ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the widest and deepest
Posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 12:42 p.m. By Sudinfo with Belga The ozone hole over Antarctica has reached its maximum size this year, … Read more
more emperor penguins than expected
« Lit is satellite images revealed that there are nearly 20% more Emperor Penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought ”, announced in early August … Read more
“Down to Earth”: The earth wants to get rid of us!
Es is an impressive sight. On the floor of the atrium in Berlin’s Gropiusbau, Lee Mingwai created a huge abstract picture. The colored sands form … Read more
How fragile is Antarctica in the face of climate change?
The FAZ Knowledge Podcast with Joachim Müller-Jung and Sibylle Anderl Image: FAZ Global warming is bringing the huge ice sheets at the South Pole to … Read more
New figures from polar researchers on global ice melt
Giant meltwater pools and lakes are increasingly forming on the ice sheets, which further destabilize the ice. Image: dpa It’s fast, but nobody suspects how … Read more