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Camera-tagged Adélie penguins caught eating sea snails in East Antarctica
A previously unconfirmed link between sea snails and Adélie penguins sheds light on Antarctic food webs.
editorial-staff about 7 hours ago
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8 articles tagged with "Antarctica"
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Origins of Earth's most powerful ocean current revealed
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current transports over 100 times more water than all of Earth's rivers combined.
editorial-staff Updated 4 days ago
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Briefing: From tropics to poles: How Pacific Ocean warming sets the stage for Antarctic stratospheric changes months later
Strategic angle: New research reveals the connection between warming surface waters in the tropical Pacific and delayed responses in the Antarctic stratosphere.
editorial-staff 16 days ago
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Briefing: Earth's 40,000-Year Tilt Cycle Influences Antarctic Ice and Subtropical Productivity
Strategic angle: New research reveals the connection between Antarctica's ice sheets and marine productivity in subtropical oceans.
editorial-staff 17 days ago
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Briefing: GNSS Stations Reveal Fourfold Turbulence During Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf Melt
Strategic angle: A new study highlights significant turbulence in the Ross Ice Shelf, as observed by GNSS technology.
editorial-staff 17 days ago
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Briefing: Microbes in Antarctica survive the freezing and dark winter by living on air
Strategic angle: In the harsh conditions of Antarctica, certain microbes have adapted to thrive without sunlight by utilizing air as their primary energy source.
editorial-staff 25 days ago
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Briefing: Models warn Thwaites Glacier could rival entire Antarctic ice loss by 2067
Strategic angle: The future of one of Antarctica's most iconic glaciers could be far more dramatic than scientists previously thought.
editorial-staff 26 days ago
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Briefing: Antarctic waters DNA survey discovers many microbial genes new to science
Strategic angle: A groundbreaking study reveals the vast genetic diversity of microbial life in the Southern Ocean, enhancing our understanding of its role in global climate.
editorial-staff about 1 month ago