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Antarctica's Only Native Insect Adapts to Extreme Climate with Unique Dormancy Strategy
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 When thinking of Antarctic wildlife, penguins often come to mind, yet the continent is also home to a unique flightless midge, Belgica antarctica, the only known insect native to the region. This tiny species has evolved remarkable survival strategies to endure the harsh Antarctic environment. A new study led by researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University has provided crucial insights into how this midge navigates the extreme climate through distinct dormancy mechanisms. Professor Shin G. Goto fr ... read more |
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Research reveals how Earth got its ice capsLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 New research indicates that the cool conditions enabling Earth's ice caps to form are rare in the planet's history and require multiple complex factors occurring simultaneously. A team of scie ... more 
Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakesZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 12, 2025 The great ice streams of the Antarctic and Greenland are like frozen rivers, carrying ice from the massive inland ice sheets to the sea - and a change in their dynamics will contribute significantly ... more 
Greenland glacier accelerates each day with weather and tide changesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 A comprehensive examination of a Greenland glacier's velocity reveals how different environmental factors combine to influence its daily movement. Although the term 'glacial' usually implies a ... more 
Arctic sea ice levels second lowest on record for January: US dataParis (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 The sea ice in the Arctic was the second lowest on record for January last month, according to a US analysis released Tuesday, with areas around Greenland seeing temperatures well above average. ... more |
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Danish PM says received European support over Trump's Greenland bidParis (AFP) Jan 28, 2025 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday said she had received strong support from Europe as she sought backing to counter US President Donald Trump's threats to take over Greenland. ... more 
Mega-iceberg drifts towards Antarctic penguin islandParis (AFP) Jan 28, 2025 The world's biggest iceberg - more than twice the size of London - could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals. ... more 
Denmark announces $2 bn Arctic security planCopenhagen (AFP) Jan 27, 2025 Denmark said Monday that it would spend 14.6 billion kroner ($2 billion) to bolster security in the strategic Arctic region near the United States and Russia. ... more 
How is Antarctica meltingHobart, Australia (SPX) Jan 24, 2025 The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on average and covering nearly twice the area of Australia, the ice sheet holds enough freshwater to raise global ... more 
Mega-iceberg drifts towards Antarctic penguin islandParis (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 The world's biggest iceberg - more than twice the size of London - could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals. ... more |
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Save the world's glaciers to save the planet: UN
Geneva (AFP) Jan 21, 2025 Saving the world's shrinking glaciers is a "survival strategy" for the planet, the UN said on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Paris climate accord. United Nations agencies launched an appeal to scale up efforts to rescue the world's 275,000 glaciers, which are rapidly melting away as the planet warms. The UN's educational, scientific and cultural agency UNESCO, and its World Meteorological Organization (WMO) weather, climate and water agency, ... read more
Historic drilling campaign reaches more than 1.2-million-year-old iceParis, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 At the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica, an international research team from twelve scientific institutions across ten European nations has reached a pivotal milestone in climate science. Und ... more |
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2024 was hottest year on record for Norway's ArcticOslo (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 The Norwegian Meteorological Institute said Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded for mostly Arctic northern Norway. ... more 
Antarctic sea ice rebounds from record lows: US scientistsParis (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 Antarctic sea ice rebounded in December after a long period of record lows, US scientists said, giving pause to speculation that Earth's frozen continent could be undergoing a permanent change. ... more
Decline in Arctic ice pressure ridges revealed by long-term studyParis, France (SPX) Jan 07, 2025 The Arctic's iconic pressure ridges, formed when ice floes collide and stack, are diminishing in both frequency and size, a recent study from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) reveals. These ridges ... more 
Chilean president makes historic visit to South PoleSantiago (AFP) Jan 3, 2025 Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Friday made a historic trip to the South Pole to reaffirm his country's "claim to sovereignty" over its part of Antarctica, his office said. ... more
ESA and NASA collaborate to track Greenland ice sheet meltingParis, France (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 As global warming accelerates the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, its contribution to rising sea levels and disruptions in global weather patterns underscores the need for precise monitoring. Fo ... more |
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