Huge Antarctic ice chunk collapses (News) 4 discussions A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk, scientists said Tuesday. Tags: Ted Scambos, Connecticut, Climatology, Global Climate Change, Sciences, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Science Technology, Satellite Imaging, Antarctica, Technology, Manhattan, National Snow Ice Data Center, Boulder (Colorado), Space Technology
	Massive ice shelf on verge of breakup (News) 3 discussions Some 220 square miles of ice has collapsed in Antarctica and an ice shelf about seven times the size of Manhattan is "hanging by a thread," the British Antarctic Survey said Tuesday, blaming.. Tags: University Colorado at Boulder, Cambridge, David Vaughan, British Antarctic Survey, Rhode Island, Global Climate Change, Science Technology, Antarctic Peninsula, Manhattan, Climatology, Ted Scambos, Europe, Antarctica, Earth Science, South Pole, Unite
	Report links global warming to humans (News) 2 discussions The world's leading climate scientists, in their most powerful language ever used on the issue, said global warming is "very likely" man-made, according to a new report obtained Friday by Th.. Tags: Energy Savings Conservation Alternative Energy Science Technology Applied Sciences Global Change Paris (France) Greenland Europe Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change Antarctica United States
	Study: Southern Ocean saturated with CO2 (News) 2 discussions The Southern Ocean around Antarctica is so loaded with carbon dioxide that it can barely absorb any more, so more of the gas will stay in the atmosphere to warm up the planet, scientists reported Thur.. Tags: Antarctica Global Change Great Britain National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) Research Weather
	Study: Martian soil may contain life (News) 2 discussions The soil on Mars may contain microbial life, according to a new interpretation of data first collected more than 30 years ago. Tags: Mars Exploration, Biology, Joop Houtkooper, European Planetary Science Congress, Justus Liebig University, Potsdam, Life Sciences, Planetary Science, Energy Technology, Antarctica, Microbiology, Alternative Energy Technology, Phoenix, Astronomy, Technolog
	Sinking ship 'struck iceberg' (News) 2 discussions More than 150 passengers and crew aboard a sinking ship in the Antarctic, which is believed to have collided with an iceberg, have been rescued to safety, officials said. Tags: Stephen Davenport, United Kingdom, Fred Caygill, Canada, John Warner, British Coast Guard, Toronto, Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Matt Alex, Falkland Islands, Susan Hayes, Carlos Munita, MeteoGroup, Antarctica, U.S. Coast Guard, Argentina,
	Experts slam upcoming global warming report (News) 1 discussions Later this week in Paris, climate scientists will issue a dire forecast for the planet that warns of slowly rising sea levels and higher temperatures. Tags: Global Change Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Greenland Antarctica Germany National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Paris (France) Marine Science Space Exploration Science and Technology Applied Sciences United
	Global warming real, likely to get worse, scientists say (News) 1 discussions Global warming caused by human activity is real and will continue for hundreds of years, a panel of some of the world's top climate scientists said Friday. Tags: Energy Savings Conservation Alternative Energy Science Technology Applied Sciences Global Change Paris (France) Greenland Europe Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change Antarctica United States
	Report links global warming to humans (News) 1 discussions The world's leading climate scientists, in their most powerful language ever used on the issue, said global warming is "very likely" man-made, according to a new report obtained Friday by Th.. Tags: Energy Savings Conservation Alternative Energy Science Technology Applied Sciences Global Change Paris (France) Greenland Europe Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change Antarctica United States
	Big lakes detected under Antarctica (News) 1 discussions Lasers beamed from space have detected what researchers have long suspected: big sloshing lakes of water underneath Antarctic ice. Tags: Antarctica National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) Marine Science World Bank University California San Diego
	Tire-sized calamari rings? Half-ton squid reeled in (News) 1 discussions A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said Thursday. Tags: New Zealand Antarctica Science Technology Applied Sciences Steve OShea Fishing
	PLANET EARTH -- Antarctic Penguins (Video) 1 discussions In this clip from Planet Earth, Penguins head for the solid ground of Antarctica. Discovery Channel's 11-part series PLANET EARTH will amaze viewers with never-before-seen animal behaviors, startling .. Tags: Planet Earth discovery channel bbc HD high definition penguin Antarctica mating environment conservation green wildlife
	Colossal Squid Gallery (www.tonmo.com) (Video) 1 discussions A video slideshow of the best images of the most recent captures of the Antarctic cranch squid Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, a.k.a. the 'Colossal Squid'. No-one truly knows how large this grows, the lar.. Tags: squid octopus giant colossal antarctica wildlife fishing Dover underwater nature mesonychoteuthis cephalopod
	Tourism boom threatens Antarctica, critics say (News) 1 discussions A cruise ship takes on water in the Antarctic and three more come quickly to the rescue: A blessing for the survivors, to be sure. But also an indication of a tourism boom that critics say threatens A.. Tags: Treaties, California, Julie Benson, Tourism, Carnival Corporation, Politics, Culture Lifestyle, Travel Tourism, International Association Antarctica Tour Operators, International Relations, Diplomacy, Antarctica, Southern Ocean Coalition, Cruises, J
	Orca Attack Seal with Waves (Video) 1 discussions In January 2006 while visiting Antarctica, we witnessed a most unusual method for orca to dislodge a crabeater seal from an ice floe - they made large waves to wash the seal off the relative safety of.. Tags: orca seal Antarctica waves unusual training juvenile
	CNN - Giant sea spider filmed (Video) 1 discussions Giant sea spiders are among the many mysterious creatures sighted by scientists in a search off eastern Antarctica coast. Tags: CNN giant sea spider filmed mysterious creature scientist eastern antarctica coast
	Japan to lobby whaling commission to support hunts (News) 1 discussions Japan will lobby a dozen members of the International Whaling Commission at a meeting Monday to support its much-criticized Antarctic whaling program -- just three days before all members of the commi.. Tags: Ghana, Wildlife, Palau, Cambodia, Junichi Sato, Guinea, Mammals, Malawi, Vanuatu, Nature Environment, Japan, International Whaling Commission, Micronesia, Japanese Ministry Foreign Affairs, Greenpeace International, Eritrea, Laos, Antarctica, Angola,
	Whalers, activists clash in Antarctica (News) 1 discussions Japanese whalers and anti-whaling activists clashed in the waters near Antarctica on Friday, with each side offering conflicting accounts of the confrontation -- the second between the two boats in a .. Tags: Medicine, Antarctica, Nisshin Maru, Kevlar, Law, Japan, International Law, International Whaling Commission, Eritrea, Malawi, Micronesia, Australia, Vanuatu, Republic Congo, Japanese Ministry Foreign Affairs, Special Interest Groups, Paul Watson, Tok
	Giant sea creatures found in Antarctic search (News) 1 discussions Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and 2-fo.. Tags: Evolution, Genoa, Don Robertson, National Antarctic Museum, Wildlife, New Zealand, Sciences, Italy, Flowers, Nature Environment, Antarctica, Chris Jones, Science Technology, Marine Animals, Culture Lifestyle, Stu Hanchet, Gardening, Stefano Schiapa
	Huge Antarctic ice chunk collapses (News) 1 discussions A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk, scientists said Tuesday. Tags: Ted Scambos, Connecticut, Climatology, Global Climate Change, Sciences, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Science Technology, Satellite Imaging, Antarctica, Technology, Manhattan, National Snow Ice Data Center, Boulder (Colorado), Space Technology
	Dwindling penguins signal ocean woes (News) 1 discussions The dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world's oceans are in trouble, scientists now say. Tags: U.S. Fish Wildlife Service, Sciences, Meteorology, Earth Science, Phil Trathan, Wildlife, Uruguay, P. Dee Boersma, Birds, Science Technology, Argentina, Climatology, Weather, Antarctica, Brazil, Marine Animals, Nature Environment, University Wash
	Aurora (Video) 1 discussions A higher resolution version of this clip is available at www.antarcticimages.com Time-lapse footage of the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights. This is the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the Au.. Tags: Aurora Australis Borealis southern northern lights Antarctica Antz Anthony Powell McMurdo Station Scott Base time lapse
	New rifts form on Antarctic ice shelf (News) 1 discussions Scientists have identified new rifts on an Antarctic ice shelf that could lead to it breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula, the European Space Agency said. Tags: European Space Agency, Ted Scambos, South Pole, Germany\s Muenster University, Antarctic Peninsula, National Snow Ice Data Center, Antarctica, South America, Scotland, Angelika Humbert, Science Technology, University Colorado System, Matthias Braun,