In the 1980s it took a global movement to protect the Antarctic's land... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
Johnson said the WWF would be working hard to make the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area permanent... READ MORE›
The outlook for the Cape Denison Adelie penguins remains dire... READ MORE›
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›
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›
Environment minister Greg Hunt says he hopes Japan does not undertake so-called scientific whaling in the Southern Ocean this summer... READ MORE›
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 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 tabular iceberg that just broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula is said to be as big as the state of Delaware... READ MORE›
Today's agreement is a turning point for the protection of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean... READ MORE›
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says the government will act with decency and generosity in its plan to assist those fleeing the conflict in Syria... READ MORE›
Northerly winds would push the moist air south keeping temperatures high in South Australia and Victoria... READ MORE›
The U.S. and New Zealand have been pushing for a marine reserve for years... READ MORE›
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›
The Greater Manchester Police informed police in Australia, who arrested five men in April, a week before the parade... READ MORE›
The Southern Ocean represents about 10 percent of the Earth's surface... READ MORE›
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›
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›
The Ross Sea reserve includes the Ross Sea shelf and slope, and the Balleny Islands... READ MORE›
The U.S. and New Zealand have been pushing for a marine reserve for years... READ MORE›
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›
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›
7 had been scrapped, all Insung toothfishing ships had been banned from the Antarctic, and they were being fined an undisclosed amount... READ MORE›
China japan block antarctic fisheries regulation as rorts continue... READ MORE›
In an update to parliament, Mr Andrews said around 300 Australian and 100 New Zealand defence were involved in training the Iraqi army... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
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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