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A new study has concluded that Polynesian seafarers likely reached Antarctica hundreds of years before the Western explorers usually credited with discovering the frozen continent. Credit- www.phys.org
Pacific islanders likely found Antarctica first: study
June 18, 2021

Polynesian seafarers likely reached Antarctica hundreds of years before the Western explorers usually credited with discovering the frozen continent, a new study has concluded.

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Antarctica’s vast ice cap, which covers about as much of the earth as North America and is close to 5km. Photograph: imageBROKER/Alamy Stock Photo
Melting Antarctic ice will raise sea level by 2.5 metres – even if Paris climate goals are met, study finds
September 24, 2020

Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet will cause sea level rises of about two and a half metres around the world, even if the goals of the Paris agreement are met, research has shown.

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Humans are encroaching on Antarctica's last wild places. Credit: SL Chown, CC BY-NC
Humans are encroaching on Antarctica's last wild places, threatening its fragile biodiversity
July 17, 2020

Our study, published today in Nature, seeks to change that. Using a new "ecological informatics" approach, we've drawn together every available recorded visit by humans to the continent, over its 200 year history.

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 Study author Andrew Gray geotagging the snow algae blooms. Photograph: Dr Matt Davey/University of Cambridge/SAMS/AFP via Getty Image
Climate change is turning parts of Antarctica green, say scientists
May 21, 2020

Researchers map ‘beginning of new ecosystem’ as algae bloom across surface of melting snow...Scientists have created the first large-scale map of microscopic algae on the Antarctic peninsula as they bloom across the surface of the melting snow, tinting the surface green and potentially creating a

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