Antarctica

Shrimp-Like Fossil Confirms Antarctica Was Once Warmer
Discovery Channel - 11 hours ago
July 23, 2008 — Windswept and frigid, Antarctica's Dry Valleys region is among the most inhospitable on Earth. But it wasn't always that way. …
Fossils of Shrimp-Like Creatures Point to a Warmer Antarctica in … Discover Magazine
Fossils Reveal Much Warmer Antarctic in Recent Past FOXNews
Exceptionally Preserved Lacustrine Ostracods From The Middle … Medical News Today (press release)
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Scientists back from Arctic with details on climate change
Expressindia.com, India - 5 hours ago
“Once we complete our research we will know if the various events that changed the climate at Antarctica occurred here too,” Phartiyal said. …

Fossils date Dry Valleys' origin
BBC News, UK - 15 hours ago
Tiny fossils have helped refine the timing of the climate shift that gave rise to Antarctica's remarkable Dry Valleys, a landscape akin to Mars. …

Past Climate Change: Continental Stretching Preceding The Opening …
Science Daily (press release) - 12 hours ago
It is widely believed that the separation of South America from Antarctica and the subsequent formation of Drake Passage have influenced Cenozoic global …

Penguin deaths rise
The Age, Australia - 19 Jul 2008
These penguins, pictured at Rio de Janeiro's Niteroi Zoo, were rescued by the Brazilian coastguard after being swept from the shores of Antarctica. …
Why are penguins washing up dead? Sun-Sentinel.com
The day in pictures - July 18, 2008 Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Single Boulder May Prove That Antarctica And North America Were …
Science Daily (press release) - 17 Jul 2008
ScienceDaily (July 17, 2008) — A lone granite boulder found against all odds high atop a glacier in Antarctica may provide additional key evidence to …

Last-Ditch Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica?
ABC News - 19 Jul 2008
On May 14, the US Department of the Interior declared polar bears "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. So why not pack a few off to Antarctica, …

Broward-Palm Beach New Times
Nashville Scene,  USA - 5 hours ago
Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World chronicles his trip to Antarctica. The film is a personal travelogue, wintry in its humor and Nordic in its …

Russia opens network of automatic weather stations in Antarctica.
ITAR-TASS, Russia - 20 Jul 2008
The Academician Fydorov vessel supplied similar stations to Russkaya and Leningradskaya in the Pacific areas of Antarctica. The stations are powered with a …

Wilkins ice shelf at risk of breaking from Antarctica
ABC Online, Australia - 11 Jul 2008
Scientists are growing increasingly concerned for the future of the huge Wilkins ice shelf that joins on to the Antarctic coast. The latest satellite images …
Wilkins Ice Shelf, Near Antarctica, Hanging By Its Last Thread Science Daily (press release)
Vast Antarctic ice shelf disintegrating Xinhua
Antarctic ice shelf breaking up in dead of winter MSNBC
United Press International - The Tech Herald
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