Remember the difference between weather and climate? We know what happens when the weather changes—it’s obvious. Climate is another story. Read on. When it rains, you put on a raincoat … [Read full article]
Tag: antarctica
World Time Calculator, or “Dial-a-Time”
Here’s one of the funniest ways to tell world time that I have ever seen. I call it “Dial-a-Time,” although that’s not the official name for it. (The official name … [Read full article]
Total Solar Eclipse Tonight, But Most Of Us Will Miss It
Tonight’s the first annular solar eclipse of 2014 (April 28-29), but almost nobody will be able to see it. The ring of fire will be visible only from the uninhabited … [Read full article]
Glaciers Contributing Same As Ice Sheet Melt To Sea Level Rise
Research has found that approximately 99% of our planet’s land-locked ice is held up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. The remainder, however, is out in the open, located … [Read full article]
Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets More Stable Than Previously Thought
Scientific understanding is continually shifting as time moves on. For decades now, scientists have assumed that ancient high tide lines referred to higher sea levels. These assumptions have led scientists … [Read full article]
Explaining The 2011 Arctic Ozone Hole
The loss of ozone over Antarctica in the southern hemisphere is relatively well documented and popularly known, especially within Australia where for residents of southern states (like the island state … [Read full article]
Antarctica Moved From Flat To Fjord 34 Million Years Ago
Often, understanding what the planet’s climate will do and why requires study into fields that we as laymen might consider irrelevant. Thankfully, there are those out there who have dedicated their … [Read full article]
Penn State Scientists Utilise Innovative Approaches In Antarctic Research
The National Science Foundation recently noted that the researchers working on the Pine Island Glacier project are one of three Antarctic science initiatives that have achieved technological milestones with innovative … [Read full article]
Samples Taken From Isolated Antarctic Lake Beneath The Ice
An Antarctic research team has accomplished what no other team has ever accomplished previously by drilling through 800 metres (2,600 feet) of Antarctic ice to reach an isolated subglacial lake … [Read full article]
New Antarctic Geological Timeline Sheds Light On Future Sea Level Rise
Understanding the future of sea-level rise has been at the forefront of climate scientists’ minds for years now, and new research studying fossilised marine animals found in Antarctica’s seabed sediments … [Read full article]
Scientists Drill Through Antarctica's Ice to Bedrock
Science is awesome! A team of scientists made up from nine separate countries and led by Victoria University have successfully drilled through 760 metres of ice to reach bedrock on … [Read full article]
Stronger Snowfall Increases Ice Loss on Antarctica
Here’s one of those science stories that seem to make no sense on the surface: according to new research Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) increased snowfall over … [Read full article]
Why Antarctic Sea Ice Cover is Increasing Under Climate Change
Scientists discover just why it is Antarctic sea-ice cover has been increasing while the Arctic sea-ice cover has been so dramatically decreasing.