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Changes to the Antarctic ice sheet at the bottom of the southern hemisphere have been triggered by sea level changes in the northern hemisphere over the past 40,000 years, a new study discovered. Researchers from McGill University found that ice sheets at opposite ends of the Earth can influence one another by tweaking sea levels … Read more
Lorde announces release of her first-ever photo book which features stunning images from her 2019 trip to Antarctica By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 04:05 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 04:05 GMT, 25 November 2020 Lorde recently reemerged after successfully evading the spotlight for 18-months and abandoning her various social media platforms. And the singer-songwriter, … Read more
Newly analyzed fossils from Antarctica may represent an extinct species of giant bird with a wingspan of more than 20 feet. By comparison the largest modern-day bird, the wandering albatross, has a wingspan of just 11 feet and six inches. Called pelagornithids, the ancient avians soared over Earth’s oceans more than 40 million years ago. … Read more
Buckingham Palace have shared rare photographs of Prince Philip including from his expedition to Antarctica in the 1950s to mark Prince William’s new patronage from his grandfather. The Duke of Edinburgh, 99, is seen with Adelie penguins at the Penguin Rookery Base, near Adelaide Island, Antarctica, in 1957, in the first of four images revealed … Read more
Ed Sheeran has been pictured out with his newborn daughter Lyra Antarctica for the first time, five weeks after his wife Cherry Seaborn gave birth. The singer, 29, was every inch the doting dad as he stepped out in London on Thursday morning with his baby girl in a carrier. Ed and Cherry, 28, announced the … Read more
Global warming has revealed mummified remains of Adélie penguins that have laid hidden under the ice in Antarctica for more than 5,000 years. Steven Emslie, a professor at the University of North Carolina, was studying Cape Irizar just south of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the Scott Coast when he and his team stumbled upon hundreds … Read more
Two of Antarctica’s most important glaciers which together cover area the size of Norway are crumbling faster than ever, satellite images reveal Researchers studied the evolution of the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers Their melting is responsible for around 5 per cent of global sea level rise to date However, their total collapse would raise global sea … Read more
A computer animation showing Antarctica emerging from under its ice sheet – due to melting linked to rising temperatures – is a shocking warning, experts claim. Researchers from the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research say the warmer it gets the faster the ice will melt and could lead to a 20ft rise in sea … Read more
Help me, Mum! Heartbreaking moment a seal pup is swallowed by the waves of the Atlantic while his mother fends off the advances of a male trying to breed with her Pup seal was swallowed by the waves while his mother was not looking Harrowing moment broadcast on Atlantic: A Year in the Wild on Channel … Read more
Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn announced the arrival of their daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran on social media on Tuesday. And an unearthed picture of the singer taken NINE months ago in Antarctica could suggest their bundle of joy was conceived there – and would explain the inspiration behind her unusual middle name. In the snap, … Read more