McMurdo Station Antarctica

Filed under: Activism, Antarctica, New Zealand, Ecotourism, CruisesWhile most of the world is focused on a certain conference on climate change currently underway in Copenhagen, a similar meeting is being held in New Zealand this week, where tighter regulations on travel in and around Antarctica are being proposed. More than 80 experts from signatory nations to the Antarctic Treaty have gathered in Wellington to discuss ways of protecting the...  

AFP/Australian Antarctic Division – A NASA satellite image of iceberg B17B floating between Australia and Antarctica. A monster iceberg nearly … Wed Dec 9, 7:37 am ET SYDNEY (AFP) – A monster iceberg nearly twice the size of Hong Kong island ...  

About 80 maritime experts and international delegates are in Wellington today for the Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts, which will examine issues including tourism in the region.The meeting runs until Friday and Maritime New...  

Fifty years ago today, twelve nations signed The Antarctic Treaty, regulating research activity, economic exploitation, and territorial claims in Antarctica. To mark this occasion, Annie C. Lee of Fast Company has compiled eleven interesting facts about the frozen continent: 3. Antarctica’s biggest population center is the U.S.-operated McMurdo Station. In the summer, the community can [...]  

By Roger Greenway An important report from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) shows things aren't always what they seem to be, and that our knowledge of our complex Earth is not a good as we thought. Sometimes problems are not what they seem to be, and sometimes a problem in one sense carries unknown benefits in other senses. The BAS is a global leader in studying the Antarctic, and it has recently published the first comprehensive review of...  

It is the Austral Summer. It is travel season for those making their ways to Antarctic research stations. There are a number of scientists, students and even an artist or two who have recorded their experiences. Yes, there are bloggers in Antarctica. You think you have a shaky Internet connection? Try blogging from Antarctica.Making the JourneyMany of the American scientists and researchers travel to the McMurdo Station. Ice Stories...  

'Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment'The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week (Tuesday 1 December) by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).  

Physics Today: A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The findings, reported in Nature by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS),...  

What is being billed as the first comprehensive review of the science of the Antarctic climate is again focusing attention on both the impact our actions will have on this continent and the vastly complicated nature of the Earth’s atmosphere. Produced by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, the headline figure from the report is that sea levels could rise by 1.4 metres due to loss of ice from the West Antarctic ice sheet, with...  

From a British Antarctic Survey Press Release. Next time some alarmist wails about ice melt in Antarctica, point them to this story that shows nature has self regulating features for our planet. (h/t to Hu McCullough) Antarctica glacier retreat creates new carbon dioxide store Issue date: 09 Nov 2009 Number: 11/2009   Antarctic Peninsula Map (click to enlarge) Large blooms [...]  

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has been studying glaciers in Antarctica, looking at their reducing surface area. As the glaciers retreat, more open water is exposed, and lead author of a new study, Professor Lloyd Peck of the BAS found that large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula...  

photo: Eli Duke via flickr. With all the focus on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting, we could always take a small bit of comfort in knowing that the eastern part of the continent was comparatively stable. New research published in Nature Geoscience shows that comfort was misplaced: From 2002-2009 East Antarctica has been losing 5-109 gigatonnes of ice annually. And from 2006 that rate has been increasing:...Read the full story on...  

Nov. 24: In this photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division, an iceberg is seen at Sandy Bay on Macquarie Island's east coast. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting ...  

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the south Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday. The nearest one, measuring about 30 ...  

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