The planet’s main marine current, which today thermally separates Antarctica and protects all the ice it houses, closed much later than previously believed. That is the main conclusion of a work that has studied the skeleton of fish and the size of sand grains from the past to affirm that the Antarctic circumpolar current was … Read more
2023-11-28 16:04:41 Despite the rapid development of science, we still know quite a bit about Antarctica. For example, it is not entirely clear to what extent tectonic activities affect the rate of ice melting, so the British Antarctic Survey is using a new method to map this: they will soon use a drone to study … Read more
2023-11-16 10:11:42 Penguins are the only birds in the world that cannot fly and can only dive. The penguin family is widely distributed in the southern hemisphere, and there are 18 species in existence. How many of the 18 species of penguins in the world do you know? When did penguins start living such a … Read more
2023-10-15 03:30:00 AThe discovery that more than 40 percent of Antarctica’s giant ice shelves (ice shelves) have shrunk significantly since 1997. Half of these are irretrievably lost. The study report, which includes the findings collected with the help of satellites, is published in the journal Scientific Advances. Climate-related changes are believed to be behind this. … Read more
(CNN Spanish) — “Las bubbles they are serious business,” says oceanographer Grant Dean, smiling but not a hint of a joke on his face. At the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, he – along with two other scientists from different specialties – is gathering information from this unexpected source. Although it is difficult to imagine, the truth … Read more
Rising temperatures cause the glaciers from Antarctic Peninsula flow up to 22% faster in summer than in winter, a speed never before detected in that area of the planet. This is clear from an analysis carried out by a team of scientists from the universities of Leeds (United Kingdom) and Utrecht (Netherlands) and published this … Read more
A team of researchers discovered a new type of rock salt, which may contribute to solving the mystery of the “red lines” on Jupiter’s moon known as “Europe”, which was discovered by the great scientist Galileo Galilei in the seventeenth century, and it has a group of amazing properties that are not known about. Scientists … Read more
The Italian Icebreaker ‘Laura Bassi’who is participating in a fact-finding mission in the Antarcticahas reached the southernmost point ever reached by a ship, announced Tuesday the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) of Italia. The technicians and researchers traveling on the ship, which is taking part in the oceanographic campaign of the 38th … Read more