Antarctica

Iran’s president fires deputy for ‘lavish’ trip to Antarctica

CNN — Iran’s president has fired one of his deputies for taking what he described as a “lavish” recreational trip to Antarctica. President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered the removal of Shahram Dabiri from his position as vice president of parliamentary affairs in a decree on Saturday, describing the trip as both extravagant and indefensible. “In a …

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Egypt Independent April 7, 2025

Vladimir Putin launches new complex of Vostok Station in Antarctica

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday via video link took part in an opening ceremony of the trial operation of

Weekly Blitz January 30, 2024

A hidden feedback loop under Antarctica’s glaciers could accelerate sea level rise, scientists find

CNN — Glaciers in East Antarctica could lose ice faster in the future than previously thought, scientists reported Friday, in an alarming feedback loop where glacier meltwater is triggering even more ice loss and sea level rise as the planet warms. The findings come less than a week after scientists reported rapid melting of West …

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Egypt Independent October 29, 2023

Antarctica is missing an Argentina-sized amount of sea ice – and scientists are scrambling to figure out why

CNN — As the Northern Hemisphere swelters under a record-breaking summer heat wave, much further south, in the depths of winter, another terrifying climate record is being broken. Antarctic sea ice has fallen to unprecedented lows for this time of year. Every year, Antarctic sea ice shrinks to its lowest levels towards the end of …

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Egypt Independent July 30, 2023

Antarctica losing ice faster than thought

Antarctica’s coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world’s largest ice sheet over the past 25 … Continued