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WORLD'S BIGGEST WILDLIFE RESERVE PLANNED FOR ANTARCTICA IN GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
In the 1980s it took a global movement to protect the Antarctic's land... READ MORE›
HOW SEA SHEPHERD LOST BATTLE AGAINST JAPANS WHALE HUNTERS IN ANTARCTIC
But what infuriates conservationists is that Japan is hunting and killing whales in a conservation zone, the Southern Ocean whaling sanctuary, that surrounds Antarctica... READ MORE›
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WORLD'S LARGEST MARINE PARK CREATED IN ROSS SEA IN ANTARCTICA IN LANDMARK DEAL
Today's agreement is a turning point for the protection of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, said Chris Johnson, WWF-Australia's ocean science manager... READ MORE›
SEA ICE EXTENT IN ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC REACHED RECORD LOWS IN NOVEMBER
Arctic sea ice usually grows over winter until it hits its maximum annual extent in March... READ MORE›
'PRISTINE' ANTARCTIC ROSS SEA DECLARED OFFICIAL UN MARINE PROTECTED AREA
Johnson said the WWF would be working hard to make the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area permanent... READ MORE›
150,000 PENGUINS PERISH AFTER GIANT ICEBERG TRAPS COLONY
The outlook for the Cape Denison Adelie penguins remains dire... READ MORE›
FINALLY, THE WORLD MAY PROTECT ONE OF THE MOST PRISTINE PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
Life at the bottom of the world The Southern Ocean, which surrounds the continent of Antarctica, may sound like a lifeless, frozen wasteland... READ MORE›
ANTARCTIC MARINE RESERVES DEAL WITHIN REACH AS RUSSIA THAWS ENVIRONMENTAL STANCE
After five years of failed negotiations, conservations are hopeful Russia is prepared to make a deal to protect the Ross Sea and East Antarctica... READ MORE›
WHY THE ANTARCTIC ICE SHELF BROKE APART AND WHAT IT MEANS
The massive iceberg that's now floating along in the Southern Ocean, off the coast of Antarctica, will likely break up over time, Shuman said... READ MORE›
MASSIVE MARINE PARK DECLARED IN ANTARCTIC OCEAN
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources said the Ross Sea marine park would be protected from commercial fishing for 35 years... READ MORE›
THE NEW ANTARCTIC ICEBERG IS BIG ENOUGH FOR RUNWAYS, WATER MINES, AND CRAZY DANCE PARTIES
The tabular iceberg that just broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula is said to be as big as the state of Delaware... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST MARINE RESERVE CREATED IN ANTARCTICA AS NATIONS STRIKE DEAL
Today's agreement is a turning point for the protection of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean... READ MORE›
RUSSIA AND CHINA BLOCK CREATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE SANCTUARY
But a push this year to create a second protected area in East Antarctica, spanning another 1 million square kilometers 386,000 square miles, failed... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TO LAY OFF LEADING SCIENTIST ON SEA LEVELS
Dr. Church's work studying sea levels has provided important keys to understanding climate change... READ MORE›
COUNTRIES OK WORLDS LARGEST MARINE RESERVE IN ANTARCTICA
The U.S. and New Zealand have been pushing for a marine reserve for years... READ MORE›
CHECKING TED CRUZ'S CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIAL HOWLERS
In 2000, the influential pollster Frank Luntz wrote a memo to Republicans saying the term global warming should be replaced by the less frightening term climate change ... READ MORE›
CHINA AND RUSSIA THWART PLAN FOR ANTARCTIC OCEAN SANCTUARY
The Southern Ocean represents about 10 percent of the Earth's surface... READ MORE›
COULD TOWING ICEBERGS TO HOT PLACES SOLVE THE WORLD'S WATER SHORTAGES?
A firm in Abu Dhabi has floated plans to tow icebergs from Antarctica to the United Arab Emirates to solve the country's fresh water shortage... READ MORE›
THE ICE COLD WAR: FIGHT FOR SEALIFE IN REMOTE WILDS OF ANTARCTICA
It is truly dismaying that the commission continues to fail to agree on the establishment of the important Ross Sea and East Antarctica MPAs, said Downie... READ MORE›
NATIONS OK WORLD'S LARGEST MARINE RESERVE OFF ANTARCTICA
The Ross Sea reserve includes the Ross Sea shelf and slope, and the Balleny Islands... READ MORE›
COUNTRIES OK WORLD'S LARGEST MARINE RESERVE IN ANTARCTICA
The U.S. and New Zealand have been pushing for a marine reserve for years... READ MORE›
A HUGE CRACK IS SPREADING ACROSS ONE OF ANTARCTICA'S BIGGEST ICE SHELVES
Researchers have estimated that the loss of all the ice that the Larsen C ice shelf currently holds back would raise global sea levels by 10 centimetres... READ MORE›
AROUND THE WORLD IN 11 DAYS RUSSIAN PRIEST BREAKS BALLOONING RECORD
Fedor Konyukhov, 65, landed in the Australian Outback on 23 July after the epic journey in a two-metre-wide carbon gondola, which landed in an empty field... READ MORE›
CHINA, JAPAN BLOCK ANTARCTIC FISHERIES REGULATION AS RORTS CONTINUE
7 had been scrapped, all Insung toothfishing ships had been banned from the Antarctic, and they were being fined an undisclosed amount... READ MORE›
EMPEROR PENGUINS HIT HARD BY COLD
They prefer freezing conditions but Antarctica's emperor penguins may have struggled with the cold during the last ice age when temperatures cooled, a rece... READ MORE›
CHINA, JAPAN BLOCK ANTARCTIC FISHERIES REGULATION AS RORTS CONTINUE
China japan block antarctic fisheries regulation as rorts continue... READ MORE›
MORE ANTARCTIC PROTECTIONS URGED ON WORLD PENGUIN DAY
Antarctic penguins in particular are vulnerable to climate change, with shifting ice reducing habitat while warming seas affect their prey... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF PENGUIN CHICKS STARVE IN ANTARCTICA
But time ran out on a second proposed protected area in East Antarctica, covering another 1 million square kilometer zone, where the penguins died... READ MORE›
AFTER RUSSIA RELENTS, DEAL CREATES WORLD'S BIGGEST MARINE RESERVE IN ROSS SEA
The world's largest marine reserve aimed at protecting the pristine wilderness of Antarctica will be created after agreement was finally reached Friday wit... READ MORE›
NATIONS AGREE TO CREATE HUGE MARINE RESERVE ADJACENT TO ANTARCTICA
The countries that decide the fate of Antarctica reached a historic agreement Friday to create the world's largest marine protected area in the ocean next... READ MORE›
ANTARCTIC PENGUIN NUMBERS DOUBLE PREVIOUS ESTIMATES
An estimated 193,500 tonnes of krill and 18,800 tonnes of fish are eaten during the breeding season by Adelie penguins breeding in East Antarctica, Emmerson said... READ MORE›