Motherboard |
Real 'Ice Wives' and Husbands of Antarctica: Friends With Benefits Keep the South Pole Steamy
Motherboard Allow me to state two obvious things: Antarctica is very cold. Antarctica is also very remote. It is so hard to get there that workers and scientists are often stationed in Antarctica for months, and research stations have very spotty internet … |
Popular Mechanics |
To Survive Antarctica, Scientists Enter a Kind of 'Psychological Hibernation'
Popular Mechanics Antarctica isn't for everyone. If we're being honest, it's not for humans at all. People are social creatures, and living at a base at the bottom of the world doesn't offer too many opportunities for interacting with others. Combine that with the near … Antarctic Winters Trigger Psychological Hibernation so People Can Cope With Isolation and Darkness |
ABC News |
Whale songs in the ocean around Antarctica have transformed; climate change could be why
ABC News Whales in the ocean around Antarctica are changing their tune, according to a new study. Interested in Environment? Add Environment as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Environment news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Environment. |
Top Gear |
The Venturi Antarctica is a sub-zero EV*
Top Gear Like this – the Antarctica. Unveiled last week by Monaco's Prince Albert, it's a zero-emissions Antarctic exploration vehicle designed to withstand temperatures as low as -50 degrees. It uses the same battery cells Venturi fits to its cars. Two 60kW … |
Illawarra Mercury |
UOW researchers educational journey over Antarctica cosmos
Illawarra Mercury As the University of Wollongong researchers flew over Antarctica, its immense beauty and hazards were clear to see. But the researchers from UOW's Centre for Medical Radiation Physics (CMRP) were more concerned with cosmic radiation coming from … |
Gainesville Sun |
UF student preps for research trip to Antarctica
Gainesville Sun Next week, Davis will check her most unique continent off the list when she travels to Antarctica as part of a research team to study the Mercer Subglacial Lake. Davis, a microbiology and cell science doctoral candidate in UF's College of Agricultural … |
New York Times |
Racing Across Antarctica, One Freezing Day at a Time
New York Times Monday was not an ideal morning to ski in Antarctica. The wind was fast, and a snowstorm was producing whiteout conditions, making the skiing feel like “being inside a Ping-Pong ball,” in the words of the American adventure athlete Colin O'Brady. But … |
ABC Local |
Nick Gales farewells Antarctica, the 'engine room of climate'
ABC Local As he ends his tenure as director of the Australian Antarctic Division, Dr Nick Gales has cautioned Australians that they can't take the peaceful status of the continent to our south for granted. Dr Nick Gales was chief scientist at the Antarctic … |
The Independent |
Antarctica: Scientists discover graveyard of dead continents beneath ice
The Independent The eastern section of Antarctica is buried beneath a thick ice sheet. Some scientists simply assumed that under that cold mass there was nothing more than a “frozen tectonic block,” a somewhat homogeneous mass that distinguished it from the mixed up … |
Forbes |
Mystery Of Largest Eruption To Rock Antarctica In 12000 Years Finally Solved
Forbes You'd be hard-pressed to find a better name for a mysterious isle than Deception Island. Located in Antarctica's South Shetland island group, it was given this memorable moniker by an American sealer named Nathaniel Palmer, who was surprised that this … |