Tag: Antarctica
Antarctica: huge Thwaites glacier is melting – researchers worried
Global warming The giant Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting – researchers worried The amount of ice leaving the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica has doubled in the past 30 years,…
Cracks in the ice: climate change threatens Thwaites glacier in Antarctica – knowledge
One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica, the Thwaites Glacier, is apparently increasingly losing its grip. Using current satellite measurements, scientists have discovered a network of many kilometers long cracks…
Total solar eclipse plunges Antarctica into darkness
A total solar eclipse turned Antarctica from summer to darkness early on Saturday, in a rare astronomical spectacle attended by a handful of scientists and thrill-seekers, and countless penguins. “The…
Solar eclipse in Antarctica – you can watch it live here
This weekend Total solar eclipse in Antarctica – you can watch it live here During a solar eclipse, the sun – viewed from the earth – is covered by the…
Climate change accelerates circumpolar current in Antarctica – knowledge
According to a team of researchers, global warming accelerates the great ocean current around Antarctica. The reason for the acceleration of the so-called circumpolar current is that large ocean areas…
Antarctica: Airbus A340 lands in eternal ice for the first time (video)
See in the video: Snow runway instead of tower – Airbus A340 lands in Antarctica for the first time. An Airbus A 340 approaching a very special runway: Because the…
Video: written history of flight in Antarctica
Video Flight history was written in Antarctica An Airbus A 340 approaching a very special runway: Because the Wolf’s Fang Runway, WFR for short, is in the Antarctic. In the…
An Airbus A340 lands in the ice desert of Antarctica for the first time
New territory for a tried and tested passenger aircraft: the four-engine Airbus A340-330 have been taking off and landing at airports on almost every continent since 1991. But never before…
Antarctica recorded a record heat with 18.3 ° C on February 6, 2020
The highest temperature level ever recorded on the Antarctic continent was reached on February 6, 2020, the World Meteorological Organization confirmed on Thursday. That day, the thermometer read 18.3 °…