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Hace 2 días · Antarctica is the world’s southernmost continent. It is also the driest, windiest, coldest, and iciest continent. It is the world's highest continent, with an average elevation of about 7,200 feet (2,200 meters) above sea level.
- Discovery of The Antarctic Poles
Antarctica - Exploration, Ice, Wildlife: National and...
- Glaciers and Seas
Antarctica - Glaciers, Seas, Ice: Antarctica provides the...
- National Rivalries and Claims
Antarctica - National Rivalries, Claims: The early...
- Plant Life
Antarctica - Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems: The cold desert...
- The Antarctic Treaty
Antarctica - Treaty, Continent, Wildlife: With the ending of...
- Physical Geography
Antarctica, with an average elevation of about 7,200 feet...
- Discovery of The Antarctic Poles
Hace 3 días · The Antarctic Circumpolar Current has accelerated before, and recent findings confirm it's happening again. It carries more than 100 times as much water as all the world's rivers combined. It reaches from the ocean's surface to its bottom, and measures as much as 2,000 kilometers across. It connect
Hace 2 días · As of February 2024, sea ice in Antarctica reached an all-time low. And due to the decline in sea ice, baby chicks are rapidly dying. Cimino said that the penguin population has decreased by about 92%. Proportional to Antarctica, found at the top of the world is the area of the Arctic, which shares similar atmospheric conditions to Antarctica.
Hace 5 días · In the winter, Antarctica is on the side of Earth tilted away from the sun, causing the continent to be dark. Antarctica has only two seasons because of Earth’s 23 degree axial tilt. If you love long summers and winters, Antarctica is the place for you! Image credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech.
Hace 4 días · The fate of Antarctica in a warming world. By Claire Wiley , Chris Cherniak. Published May 7, 2024 at 3:35 PM MDT. Listen • 23:17. Biologist Naira de Gracia walks us through her new book, " The Last Cold Place – A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica ," which offers a dramatic and captivating window into Antarctica and a generation ...
Hace 3 días · We stayed at the Chilean base Profesor Julio Escudero for a few days until we boarded the Spanish Research Vessel Hespérides A-33. We headed southward, deeper into Antarctica, island-hopping past icebergs, whales, sealions, and penguins, to drop off different teams until we reached our final destination: Deception Island!
Hace 23 horas · The future of Antarctica and its countries in a changing world The future of Antarctica and its countries is uncertain due to the impacts of climate change. The continent is experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming in the world, with temperatures rising at a rate of 0.5 degrees Celsius (0.9 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade.
