We’ve lost A68, the world’s largest iceberg
In 2017 the world’s largest iceberg, known as A68, detached from the Larsen C ice shelf and began drifting along the ocean. Today, it has almost entirely melted away.
Antarctica, a tourism boom is putting the continent’s fragile ecosystem at risk
Antarctica is becoming more accessible, so much so that tourism has seen a 53 per cent increase in the last four years. And climate change is on of the reasons people visit the frozen continent.
Larsen C, an iceberg twice the size of Luxemburg had collapsed from Antarctic ice shelf
It finally broke off. The iceberg A68, twice the size of Luxemburg, is no longer part of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf, which could also collapse.
Photographer Paul Nicklen opens a gallery devoted to environmental protection
Photographer Paul Nicklen opens a gallery in New York entirely devoted to bringing the need for environmental protection to the attention of its visitors.
Polar sea ice reaches record low
It has been an unusual winter at the Earth’s poles. Sea ice is shrinking at an accelerating rate and its extent has fallen to a new record low.
Huge iceberg poised to break off Antarctica, changing the map of the world as we know it
A huge iceberg roughly the side of the US state of Delaware is set to break off Antarctica, threatening to affect the Larsen ice shelf and change the map of the world.
The world’s largest marine protected area has been created in Antarctica
L’area protetta si trova nel Mare di Ross, nel Pacifico, e occuperà una superficie di 1,55 milioni di chilometri quadrati.
Researchers are looking for volunteers to look at pictures of penguins in Antarctica
A group of British scientists is carrying out a study to better understand how climate change affects penguins in Antarctica. They are now looking for volunteers to monitor the pictures of these funny birds.
Why melting ice affects us all
WWF’s latest report shows that ice is rapidly melting in polar and mountainous regions. We will lose the world’s cold areas and thus undergo water shortage.
Antarctic ice shelves are falling apart. Ice is melting too fast
It’s too hot in the Antarctic! New research reveals more precise forecasts on ice shrinking, whilst a new record temperature has been recorded in the South Pole.