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Exposure to Cold and Winter Shrinks your Brain according to Study

EU Times — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:03:05 +0000

While the prospect of a polar research expedition in the Antarctic might seem like a dream come true for many, the reality of prolonged darkness in isolation is so severe that it actually shrinks parts of the human brain. Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development studied the […]

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Antarctic Ice Sheets Are Leaking Radioactive Chlorine From US Nuclear Tests

EU Times — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 15:47:46 +0000

US nuclear weapons tests carried out in the Pacific Ocean during the 1950s and the 1960s resulted in release of high concentrations of radioactive isotopes that traveled around the globe, with some gas eventually deposited on Antarctica’s ice. Vast ice sheets of Antarctica are still discharging radioactive chlorine in the wake of nuclear weapons tests […]

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Antarctic Expeditions Confirm No Global Warming

EU Times — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 22:03:32 +0000

There is no such thing as man-made global warming drastically melting ice in the Antarctic, according to analysis of Antarctic expeditions over the past 100 years. When the current sea ice extent in Antarctica is superimposed over past routes of expedition ships, it reveals that ice on the frigid continent is largely the same now […]

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World's Biggest Canyon Hiding Under Antarctic Ice Sheet

EU Times — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:03:38 +0000

Analysis of satellite data of the Antarctic ice sheet has revealed a canyon system that dwarfs the Grand Canyon. The Antarctic is home to the world’s largest canyon, according to a study of satellite data by scientists from Durham University in the UK. “Antarctic scientists have long recognized that because the way ice flows, the […]

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Japan whaling ships return from Antarctic trip Empty for first time in 30 years

EU Times — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:33:58 +0000

Two of Japan’s whaling ships have returned home from Antarctic with no catch onboard for the first time in nearly 30 years, local news reported. The news comes after a UN court ordered an halt to Japan’s annual “scientific” whale hunt. The 724-ton Yushinmaru and the 747-ton Daini (No 2) Yushinmaru returned to port in […]

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Stranded ship awaiting Australian rescue after Chinese, French turn away

EU Times — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 20:11:04 +0000

An Australian rescue vessel trying to reach the Russian ship, MV Akademik Shokalskiy, trapped in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve, is expected to arrive on Sunday after Chinese and French icebreakers failed to get through heavy sea ice. The Akademik Shokalskiy, with 74 scientists, tourists and crew members on board, has been on a privately-funded […]

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Biologists find over 3,500 life forms in Lake Vostok

EU Times — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 21:10:42 +0000

Scientists have discovered more than 3,500 unique gene sequences in Lake Vostok – the underground Antarctic water reservoir isolated from the outside world for 15 million years – revealing a complex ecosystem far beyond anything they could have expected. “The bounds on what is habitable and what is not are changing,” said Scott Rogers, Bowling […]

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Russian team takes ice sample from Lake Vostok in searching for life

EU Times — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:07:28 +0000

Nearly a year after Russian researchers reached the unique sub-glacial Lake Vostok, the first sample of transparent ice from its water has been taken. The finding is of great value as it could reveal if the lake harbors life. The Lake Vostok, isolated by 4-kilometer layer of ice for around the past 20 million years, […]

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20 Million Years Old Antarctic Lake Drilled

EU Times — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:06:31 +0000

It took researches 30 years of drilling through a four-kilometer-thick ice to reach the renowned subglacial lake. Most importantly, million years-old secrets will be unveiled without causing harm to the lake’s ecosystem. “Yesterday [on Sunday] our scientists at the Vostok polar station in the Antarctic completed drilling at depths of 3,768 meters and reached surface […]

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Europe, Canada and Russia at risk as 'second hole' in ozone layer opens over the Arctic

EU Times — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:55:11 +0000

Hole in the sky: Europe, Canada and Russia at risk as continent-sized ‘second hole’ in ozone layer opens over the Arctic. The ozone loss over the Arctic was so severe this year that for the first time a ‘hole’ in the ozone layer, similar to the one over the Antarctic, appeared. At a level of […]

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