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Behind the scenes in Antarctica with the National Science Foundation and Disneynature Penguins
It is no easy task to film thousands of penguins in their natural habitat on a remote Antarctic coastline—but it was made possible with the support of the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. See what it was like...
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Scientists shocked to find strange creatures deep under ice
Scientists are rethinking the limits of life on Earth after stumbling on a group of strange organisms living deep under a 900-meter-thick ice shelf.
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Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula - Gonzales Videla Base
Gonzalez Videla Base, is on the Antarctic mainland at Waterboat Point in Paradise Bay. It is named after Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla, who in the 1940s became the first chief of state of any nation to visit Antarctica. The...
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‘Boaty McBoatface’: RSS Sir David Attenborough sets sail for sea trials
The cutting-edge polar research ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough — which the British public attempted to name “Boaty McBoatface” — has set sail for the first time.
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Scientists search for life in Antarctica's subglacial lakes
Scientists are drilling into Antartica's ice sheets to study and hopefully find life in subglacial lakes that have been cut off from the atmosphere for millions of year. More than 300 such lakes, buried beneath two to three miles of ice,...
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Unusual neutrino signals caught in the Antarctic, explained
A team of scientists discovered unusual signals caused by high-energy neutrinos using a radio detector called the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna, or ANITA, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal submitted on...
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Scientists successfully test an unmanned underwater vehicle beneath Antarctic sea ice
Scientists successfully test an unmanned underwater vehicle beneath Antarctic sea ice. The AUV produced high-resolution 3-D maps of previously inaccessible sea-ice floes.
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Ecosystems: Pros and Cons of Research
Presenting the arguments for and against scientists travelling to the remote Antarctic continent. Presenting the arguments for and against scientists travelling to this remote continent.
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NASA Explores Earth’s Connections
For Earth Day 2021, we explore the connections of Earth systems and NASA's ability to observe them in a changing world, highlighting the links between dust transport, vegetation, water quality, conservation and human health, the...
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Engineers fix ice station amid risk of ice calving
A small maintenance crew has reopened the UK's Halley research station in the Antarctic, as it awaits a nearby massive calving event.
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Antarctic: 2021’s massive ozone hole finally closes
A colder than usual winter in the southern hemisphere fed a deep and larger than average hole that persisted for a longer period than usual.
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NASA Google+ Hangout: NASA Kicks Off Antarctic Mission
NASA Kicks Off Antarctic Mission This is the first year that IceBridge will operate directly from Antarctica, flying from McMurdo Station starting in mid-November instead of from southern Chile. This change will allow IceBridge...
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NASA | Aqua's AMSR-E Scans Earth's Water Cycle
From June 2002 to early October 2011, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the Aqua satellite provided a wealth of data about the Earth's water cycle. Among the many variables calculated...
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Two Scientists Have a Frank and Honest Discussion about Antarctica
NASA Glaciologists Kelly Brunt and Alex Gardner discuss the history, challenges, and evolution of mapping the Antarctic continent and what it means for science and society. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Ryan Fitzgibbons...
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NASA | Operation IceBridge Antarctica 2011 Mission Preview
In preparation for Operation IceBridge's Antarctica 2011 campaign, flight crews at NASA Dryden worked to outfit the DC-8 aircraft -- NASA's long-haul "workhorse" -- with an array of different instruments designed to measure sea ice, ice...
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What Do Antarctic Explorers Wear? (Then and Now!) | Maddie Moate
Join me at the Polar Research Institute in Cambridge to find out first hand what Antarctic Explorers wore over 100 years ago! Greg helps me to see how modern expedition clothing works using the help of our thermal imaging camera, and I...
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Rare Electric Blue Clouds Observed by NASA Balloon
On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming fifty miles above the poles in summer, these clouds are known as noctilucent clouds or polar mesospheric clouds — PMCs. A recent NASA long-duration...
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Where Are You From Learn Countries Of The World - Learn Countries & Nationalities
Where Are You From? Learn countries of the world. Learn countries & nationalities along with some really interesting facts. If I haven't mentioned your country then please write your country, nationality and an interesting fact in the...
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Scientists Bury GPS in Antarctic Ice to Measure Effects of Tides
NASA scientists and ice sheet modelers, Ryan Walker and Christine Dow, traveled to a remote location on the coast of Antarctic to investigate how tides affect the movement and stability of the Nansen Ice Shelf, a 695-mile extension of...
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NASA's Operation IceBridge Completes 11 Years of Polar Surveys
For 11 years from 2009 to 2019, the planes of NASA’s Operation IceBridge flew above the Arctic, Antarctic and Alaska, gathering data on the height, depth, thickness, flow and change of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. As the team and...
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IceBridge Flies 300 Hours of Antarctic Science Flights
Flying low over the Earth’s southernmost continent, Operation IceBridge is wrapping up its eighth consecutive field season of mapping the ice sheet and glaciers of Antarctica, as well as the surrounding sea ice. With more than 300 hours...
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NASA | IceBridge Flies High over Both Poles
For the first time NASA’s Operation IceBridge is flying simultaneous missions over both the Arctic and Antarctic, on smaller, faster aircraft. These campaigns and aircraft represent both a unique opportunity for measuring polar ice, and...
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NASA | Big Ozone Holes Headed For Extinction By 2040
The next three decades will see an end of the era of big ozone holes. In a new study, scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center say that the ozone hole will be consistently smaller than 8 million square miles by the year 2040....
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NASA | A Tour of the Cryosphere 2009
It has been said that the frozen parts of our planet, also known as the cryosphere, may be the proverbial 'canary in the coal mine' when it comes to climate change. This video shows some of the most dramatic fluctuations to our...