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Tuesday, 19 December 2023 14:33

Oceanography, seafloor mapping and satellite combine to map world’s ‘strongest current’: CSIRO

An Australian and international research voyage has mapped a highly energetic "hotspot" in the world’s strongest current simultaneously by ship and satellite, and uncovered an underwater mountain range.

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Tuesday, 16 January 2018 10:55

CSIRO undertakes voyage to understand ocean impact on climate

The CSIRO has deployed a number of deep sea floats in the Southern Ocean to help increase the understanding of oceans, the way they warm and their impact on climate.

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Monday, 05 September 2011 23:36

'Happy Feet' is heading back to his teenage mates

Following yesterday's unceremonious prod down the stern slide of HMNZS Tangaroa, 'Happy Feet,' the Emperor Penguin who washed up on a New Zealand beach, is on his way south. Interested penguin followers can follow him using every kind of technology available. Unfortunately, he doesn't yet have a Facebook page.

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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:38

NASA surprised: Shrimp swimming under Antarctic ice

A NASA research team drilled an eight-inch hole into an Antarctic ice sheet and deployed a video camera over 600 feet down. To their utter surprise, they found a shrimp-like creature swimming around, oblivious to the fact that humans did not expect it could survive in such hostile conditions. Guess they were wrong!

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Saturday, 04 April 2009 18:54

Warmed over Antarctic Ice bridge ready to collapse

According to the ESA Envisat satellite, an ice bridge connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf to Charcot Island on the Antarctic Peninsula is at high risk of breaking away. Scientists are investigating to see if climatic warming of Earth's South Polar region is to blame.

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Monday, 14 July 2008 18:55

Scientists warn important Antarctica ice bridge may collapse

An ice bridge connecting Wilkins Ice Shelf and Charcot Island in Antarctica may collapse very soon. Its demise would likely doom the 9,000-square-mile (16,000-square-kilometer) ice shelf.

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Saturday, 29 March 2008 20:22

Chunks of Antarctic Wilkins Ice Shelf breaking off

The Wilkins Ice Shelf is a rectangular shaped piece of ice shelf that is part of Wilkins Sound in Antarctica. Roughly stable for hundreds of years, it has recently been disintegrating at an alarming rate.

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Thursday, 27 March 2008 20:54

Study finds primordial soup might be partially extraterrestrial

Science fiction writers have popularized the notion that life on Earth originated from outer space. In line with this thinking, scientists have discovered three Antarctic meteorites that contain high amounts of amino acids, the building blocks that can spawn life.

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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 18:30

Bears do it, but did you know that fish can hibernate, too?

UK researchers have found that an Antarctic fish hibernates during cold winters.

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Friday, 08 February 2008 20:02

Expedition to track down extreme living creatures

Antarctica is filled with tiny organisms that love conditions too extreme for most other living thing. And a team of international scientists is looking for more of them at Lake Untersee in the cold confines of Antarctica.

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