06 03 2010
Iceberg breaks in Antarctica not where expected
For decades the tongue of the Mertz Glacier in the eastern part of the continent has grown further out into the water until it was about 60 miles (100 kilometers) long by 18 miles (29 kilometers) wide, said Benoit Legresy, a researcher with the LEGOS laboratory for geophysical studies in Toulouse, France.
read more05 03 2010
Glacier Melting A Key Clue To Tracking Climate Change
The sun rises over Argentina\'s Perito Moreno glacier near the city of El Calafate, in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, December 16, 2009. Photo: Marcos Brindicci/Files SINGAPORE/ANCHORAGE - The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska.
read more04 03 2010
New estimate of Alaska's glacier melt
Photo: AP Overestimated: Previous studies have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the past 40-plus years. A research team, led by Éienne Berthier of the Laboratory for Space Studies in Geophysics and Oceanography at the Universit㩠e Toulouse in France, says that glacier melt in...
read more02 03 2010
Antarctic pioneer dies at 97
A leading figure of Australia\'s scientific presence in Antarctica has died, leaving a legacy which has established Australia among the world leaders in polar research.
read more02 03 2010
Epic Iceberg Smashup Could Change Currents
Ice Tongue Takes a Licking Photograph courtesy Neal Young, Commonwealth of Australia Days before the mid-February collision, iceberg B9B approaches dangerously close to the Mertz Glacier Tongue on February 7 in a satellite picture.
read more02 03 2010
Massive Antarctic iceberg threatens ocean circulation
The calving of a massive iceberg off east Antarctica last week has prompted fears that the event could alter the salinity of the surrounding ocean, with damaging effects on marine life and global ocean currents.
read more13 02 2010
Australia - Worse drought in 750 years
If you thought the drought affecting south-west WA since the 1970s was extreme, you were right. But just how extreme has been a matter of contention. Now, scientists believe it could be the worst of its kind in 750 years, after making an unexpected discovery.
read more02 02 2010
Time to take the plunge
Key points While architects and construction contractors have focused on green buildings in recent years, there is still a disconnect between sustainable development and the impacts of climate change Climate change has the potential for enormous impact on commercial property, from the availability and cost...
read more10 01 2010
Scientists fish for fresh clues in a deep planetary mystery
DURING the two-week voyage from Hobart to the Antarctic ice at Casey station, a team of biologists aboard the ship Aurora Australis were busy fishing for clues about the hidden worlds beneath them.
read more04 01 2010
Antarctic icesheet losing mass
A new study has found the east Antarctic icesheet, which sits behind Australia\'s Casey Station, has lost billions of tonnes of ice in the past three years.
read more11 12 2009
Seeing through deep ice
The flight tracks of the 2009 ICECAP season radiating out from Casey over the Aurora Subglacial Basin and the Totten Glacier and superimposed on computer modeling of ice sheet flow; from very low flows in blue to major glacial flows in yellow and red.
read more11 12 2009
In Brief
Funding extended for ACE CRC The Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC) has received $20.1 million for a further five years of research.
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