A team of biologists from the University of Cambridge have created the first-ever large-scale map of algae blooming across the Antarctica — and turning parts of the continent green. So green, in fact, that the bright pigments can be seen from space. Blooms of snow algae in Antarctica were firstContinue Reading
Antarctica as we know is disappearing, not literally but the life that depends on its glaciers and snow-capped mountains — is being transformed as the snow is disappearing. The rate of ice loss from Antarctica has tripled since 2012 compared to ice losses from the previous two decades. Large enough chunks ofContinue Reading
NASA images show a new side of Antarctica, an almost ice-free side. A research station in Antarctica recorded a temperature of 65 degrees on Feb. 6, believed to be the hottest day ever on the continent. Warmer than usual temperatures continued over the next week. The gif image below tellsContinue Reading
Since 2017, an iceberg the size of Las Vegas has been slowly cracking and breaking off the massive Pine Island Glacier, on the coast of Antarctica. The European Space Agency (ESA) has kept satellite cameras trained on the iceberg — dubbed PIG — since then, now the space agency releasedContinue Reading
The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station in East Antarctica proves that renewable energy from wind turbines and solar panels can power a community with zero emissions electricity anywhere in the world. The station was first imagined by Belgian explorer Alain Hubert, who crossed Antarctica by kite ski in 1998. ItContinue Reading
The scientists at Germany’s Neumayer Station III are eating well tonight as something green has been grown in the icy white desert of Antarctica, without the help of sunlight, soil, or pesticides. Neumayer III’s researchers just harvested their first crop of Antarctica-grown vegetables, picked from a high-tech greenhouse that makesContinue Reading
Climate change continues to develop in 2022, from mountain summits to ocean bottoms, according to a World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) annual report. Droughts, floods, and heatwaves wreaked havoc on communities throughout the globe, costing billions of dollars. Antarctic sea ice has shrunk to its lowest extent on record, while theContinue Reading
Australian scientists have discovered a means to create electricity out of thin air, literally, which is an exciting development in the realm of sustainable energy research. Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, researchers found a novel bacterial enzyme that converts traces of hydrogen in our environment into energy, a technique thatContinue Reading
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