A record that we would like not to see broken… The extent of the ice floe in Antarctica reached a melting record in February, in the middle of the austral summer. The European climate observatory confirmed the information on Wednesday after similar American data, suggesting an intensification of melting over the last decade.Sea ice, which melts in the summer and rebuilds in the winter, reached "its lowest extent in the 45 years that satellite data has been recorded" on February...
Sad record Sea ice in Antarctica is shrinking to a new low - with potentially devastating consequences sea ice in Antarctica © AFP The area covered by ice in the seas around Antarctica is smaller than it has ever been since satellite-based measurements began. The extent of sea ice in summer Antarctica reached a record minimum on February 8 of this year. The previous low of February 24 last year was thus undercut several weeks before the end of the...
Red alert on the South Pole. The Antarctic sea ice broke its melting record for the second consecutive year, even before the end of summer, according to the reference American observatory, leaving the southern continent exposed to waves and hot winds which indirectly threaten the ice cap. On February 13, the extent of sea ice around the South Pole continent "fell to 1.91 million square kilometers," the lowest extent on record since satellite measurements began in 1978, according to the...
Veronica von Quast, 76, actress, disaffected with drugs. "I got hash biscuits twice in a row from a friend for Christmas and then forgot them in the fridge," she told the German Press Agency. In addition, she smoked pot and "experimented with poppy seed capsules and datura". She even consulted a doctor for her LSD experiences. Overall, her tests were disappointing, said the Munich native. Today she drinks beer and wine with dinner. On February 18, Quast can be seen...
Sea ice around Antarctica reached an all-time low in early February. As the Alfred Wegener Institute announced, 2.2 million square kilometers in the Southern Ocean were still covered with ice on February 8, 70,000 square kilometers less than at the previous low point last year. Since satellite measurements began 40 years ago, so little sea ice has not been observed. With sea ice melting in Antarctica likely to continue into the second half of February, the bottom is likely to...
Sea ice around Antarctica reached an all-time low in early February. As the Alfred Wegener Institute announced, 2.2 million square kilometers in the Southern Ocean were still covered with ice on February 8, 70,000 square kilometers less than at the previous low point last year. Since satellite measurements began 40 years ago, so little sea ice has not been observed. With sea ice melting in Antarctica likely to continue into the second half of February, the bottom is likely to...
This is a disturbing new record recorded in Antarctica. The sea ice is at its lowest level for the month of January, well below the previous record of January 2017, the European Union's Copernicus (C3S) climate change observatory announced on Wednesday. On the southern continent where it is summer at the moment, the extent of sea ice in January was 31% lower than the average, specifies the European climate observatory.Sea ice always melts in summer and re-forms in winter, but...
The Thwaites Glacier and other ice masses of West Antarctica are sensitive to regional climate variations. This could indicate that a complete collapse can still be avoided.from Benjamin von BrackelIt was 2014 when University of Washington glaciologist Ian Joughin in the journal Science a frightening realization explained: On the basis of detailed topographic maps, he had simulated how the retreat of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica could develop. This is also known as the doomsday glacier because it retreats...
regional customs Antarctic Christmas with gifts from home The nine-person overwintering team poses in front of the Neumayer III research station in Antarctica. photo © Markus Baden/AWI/dpa Christmas at the other end of the world: The crew at the Neumayer III research station in Antarctica is celebrating with a festive menu and two Christmas trees. Among them there will even be gifts from home. Even at the end of the world there will be a German classic to eat on...
The eagle hunters of Bayan-Olgii - as they sit there on their horses, dressed in fox furs, their weather-beaten faces under the traditional fur hats, and each one wears a golden eagle on his leather glove - that is an archaic, powerful image. The backdrop to this supposedly ancient hunting spectacle is the Mongolian hills covered in snow. One could think that Genghis Khan would soon be riding around the corner.But of course time has not stood still, even in...
