Antarctica sea ice

Observing sustainable tourism in Antarctica

harminka — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:15:07 -0600

“Antarctica is the ultimate destination for anyone interested in natural history but it also challenges those people who visit to think broadly about our responsibilities to all life on Earth.”

Antarctic life hung by thread during ice ages

harminka — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:27:59 -0600

Frozen in time… frozen in place… frozen solid… All of these phrases have been used to describe Antarctica, and yet they all belie the truth about this southerly point on the globe. Although the area is covered in ice and bears witness to some of the most extreme cold on the planet, this ecosystem is dynamic, not static, and change here has always been dramatic and intense.

Increasing amounts of ice mass have been lost from West Antarctica

harminka — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:47:36 -0600

Increasing amounts of ice mass have been lost from West Antarctica and the Antarctic peninsula over the past ten years, according to research from the University of Bristol and published online this week in Nature Geoscience.

NASA shows regions of Antarctica melted in recent past

harminka — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:07:38 -0500

A team of NASA and University of Colorado at Boulder scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures.