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GRAPHIC AUSTRALIAN VIDEO OF JAPANESE WHALING RELEASED
The Australian Government has chosen to side with the poachers instead of defending the whales of the Southern Ocean, he said... 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›
MAIDEN MID-AIR REFUEL ENSURES SUPPLIES TO ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION
Conditions on the ground were ideal for the airdrop it was overcast, minus 18 degrees and light winds, Davis station leader Kirsten le Mar said... 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›
BOATY MCBOATFACE TO GO ON ITS FIRST ANTARCTIC MISSION
Its mission will be to investigate water flow and turbulence in the dark depths of the Orkney Passage, a 3.5km deep region of the Southern Ocean... READ MORE›
SEA SHEPHERD SAYS IT WILL ABANDON PURSUIT OF JAPANESE WHALERS
The US, Australia and New Zealand have all publicly, diplomatically and legally challenged Japan's whaling program... READ MORE›
PHOTOS SHOW JAPANESE WHALERS KILLING MINKE IN SANCTUARY, SAYS SEA SHEPHERD
Anti-whaling campaign group alleges it photographed Japanese whalers carrying out a slaughter inside Australia's Antarctic whale sanctuary... READ MORE›
HOPES OF MILD CLIMATE CHANGE DASHED BY NEW RESEARCH
The new research shows the 4.5C upper limit for climate sensitivity is real and means projections for global temperature rises cannot be reduced... READ MORE›
JAPAN KILLS MORE THAN 300 WHALES IN ANNUAL ANTARCTIC HUNT
Whaling fleet returns to port after slaughtering hundreds of minke whales, in defiance of moratorium on hunting and global criticism... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LONGEST FLIGHT SET TO SOAR INTO RECORD BOOKS
Qatar Airways Flight 920 will cover a distance of 9,032 miles 14,535 km, taking 16 hours and 20 minutes, spanning 10 times zones in the process... READ MORE›
WHY A 'PIRATE' WHO HAS TRIED TO STOP WHALERS NEAR ANTARCTICA IS STOPPING
Paul Watson's organization has spent more than 40 years trying to protect whales and other marine animals... READ MORE›
SEA SHEPHERD ACTIVISTS HALT PURSUIT OF JAPANESE WHALERS
Since 2005, Sea Shepherd has patrolled the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, a protected area where whaling is prohibited... 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›
AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS LEGAL ACTION AS JAPAN SNUBS ANTARCTIC WHALING BAN
Environment minister Greg Hunt says he hopes Japan does not undertake so-called scientific whaling in the Southern Ocean this summer... 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›
THE U.S. AND CHINA JUST RATIFIED THE PARIS CLIMATE DEAL -- WHICH COULD BE BAD NEWS FOR DONALD TRUMP
If Hillary Clinton is elected in November, she is expected to continue Obama's climate policies and to begin implementing the Paris climate agreement immediately... READ MORE›
SEA SHEPHERD TO STOP INTERCEPTING JAPANESE WHALING VESSELS
Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson said the group could no longer match Japan's surveillance technology... 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›
WHY JAPAN HUNTS WHALES
Last year Japan caught no whales in the Antarctic, so there is less minke whale meat available, he says... 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›
WHALING WATCHDOG SHRINKS LOOPHOLE ALLOWING JAPAN'S 'SCIENTIFIC' HUNTS
For Kitty Block of the Humane Society International, Thursday's vote shrank the scientific whaling loophole ... 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›
FISHING PIRATES FLEE THAILAND IN BLACK-LISTED BOAT
Bangkok A notorious black-listed fishing vessel has broken free of Thai naval authorities off the Thai resort island of Phuket and sailed into international waters... READ MORE›
EL NINO MAY 'BE THE WORST EVER'
Northerly winds would push the moist air south keeping temperatures high in South Australia and Victoria... READ MORE›
THE BLACK FISH: UNDERCOVER WITH THE VIGILANTES FIGHTING ORGANISED CRIME AT SEA | MATTHEW GREEN
Van der Werf was waiting outside with several other volunteers in the shade of a sea wall... 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›
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS COULD LOSE CHARITY STATUS FOR ENCOURAGING CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
The Labor members of the committee released a dissenting report, saying they found it extraordinary that the committee would constrain the advocacy work of environmental groups... 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›