Hacker News with Generative AI: Antarctica

Antarctic bases went from wooden huts to sci-fi chic(2017) (bbc.com)
How do you build in the most isolated place on Earth? For decades Antarctica - the only continent with no indigenous population - hosted only the simplest huts as human shelters. But, as Matthew Teller finds out, architecture in the coldest, driest, windiest reaches of our planet is getting snazzier.

Antarctica, Architecture, History, Climate, Design

20 points by Willingham 3 days ago | 1 comments

Scientists drill 2 miles down pull 1.2M-year-old ice core from Antarctic (apnews.com)
An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million years old.

Science, Climate Change, Antarctica, Research

35 points by belter 8 days ago | 12 comments

Million year-old bubbles could solve Ice Age mystery (bbc.com)
What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2m years ago, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica.

Science, Climate Change, Antarctica, Paleontology

6 points by whoisstan 8 days ago | 0 comments

Flat Earthers Went to Antarctica to Look at the Sun. What Happened (sciencealert.com)
In a surprise conclusion to a project dubbed The Final Experiment, several well-known believers in a non-spherical Earth have had a change of heart.

Flat Earthers, Science, Antarctica, Conspiracy Theories

11 points by dxs 27 days ago | 8 comments

Flat Earther admits he was wrong after traveling 9K miles to Antarctica to test (themirror.com)
In a surprising turn of events, a well-known flat-earther conceded that his long-held conspiracy theory was incorrect after embarking on a 9,000-mile journey to Antarctica.

Flat Earth, Conspiracy Theories, Science, Antarctica, Travel

9 points by ivewonyoung 29 days ago | 5 comments

There Are No More Dogs in Antarctica (chrisdobo.com)

Antarctica, Animals, Environment

128 points by thunderbong 43 days ago | 94 comments

Crime in Antarctica (wikipedia.org)
While crime in Antarctica is relatively rare,[1] isolation and boredom affect certain people there negatively and may lead to crime.[2]

Crime, Antarctica, Sociology

4 points by popcalc 60 days ago | 0 comments

Welcome to the Antarctic Fire Department (antarcticfire.org)
The Antarctic Fire Department is proudly supporting the advancement of world science through fire/rescue support services on the highest, driest, windiest, coldest, and ultimately harshest continent on the planet - Antarctica.

Antarctica, Firefighting, Science, Emergency Services

193 points by danielschreber 68 days ago | 69 comments

Iceberg A-68: The story of how a mega-berg transformed the ocean (bbc.com)
The world's largest icebergs – which can be larger than entire countries in some cases – break off the Antarctic ice sheet. As they drift and melt in the Southern Ocean, they create a unique environment around them.

Climate Change, Oceanography, Antarctica, Environmental Science

46 points by otoolep 81 days ago | 0 comments

New images show state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton's ship (theguardian.com)
More than a century after it sank below the icy Weddell Sea in Antarctica, forcing its crew to embark on one of the most celebrated survival quests in history, new images have revealed the remarkable state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance.

History, Exploration, Antarctica, Shipwrecks, Photography

112 points by rmason 98 days ago | 44 comments

Greening of Antarctica shows how climate change affects the frozen continent (insideclimatenews.org)
When satellites first started peering down on the craggy, glaciated Antarctic Peninsula about 40 years ago, they saw only a few tiny patches of vegetation covering a total of about 8,000 square feet—less than a football field.

Climate Change, Antarctica, Environment, Science, Research

7 points by lmc 102 days ago | 0 comments

Believe it or not, this lush landscape is Antarctica (nature.com)
A fast-warming region of Antarctica is getting greener with shocking speed.

Antarctica, Climate Change, Environment, Nature

29 points by bookofjoe 104 days ago | 18 comments

Antarctica is turning green at an alarming rate, satellite images show (cnn.com)

Climate Change, Antarctica, Satellite Imagery, Environment

20 points by peutetre 104 days ago | 6 comments

'Doomsday' glacier set to melt faster and swell seas as world heats up (phys.org)
Tidal action on the underside of the Thwaites Glacier in the Antarctic will "inexorably" accelerate melting this century, according to new research by British and American scientists.

Climate Change, Glaciers, Antarctica, Research

17 points by PaulHoule 109 days ago | 10 comments

Antarctica's Ozone Hole Is Healing and Set to Recover by 2066 (iflscience.com)
The ozone hole over Antarctica is relatively small and healthy at the moment, providing further proof that the ozone layer is on the path toward a full recovery.

Environment, Climate Change, Ozone Layer, Antarctica

84 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB 119 days ago | 16 comments

Another Extreme Low for Antarctic Sea Ice Signals a Permanent Shift (newscientist.com)
For the second year in a row, Antarctic sea ice has reached near-record low levels. This reinforces concerns that human-caused climate change has initiated a lasting “regime shift” in the amount of ice that forms in the Southern Ocean each year.

Climate Change, Antarctica, Environment, Sea Ice

32 points by jandrewrogers 128 days ago | 8 comments

Transponder Landing System enables precision approaches at McMurdo in Antarctica (flightradar24.com)

Aviation, Antarctica, Navigation, Technology

148 points by rmnwski 157 days ago | 41 comments

Antarctica's winter is now 50F hotter than it used to be (cnn.com)

Climate Change, Antarctica, Global Warming, Environment

25 points by pavodive 167 days ago | 26 comments

Unmanned submarine discovers ice shelf mysteries, then disappears (scitechdaily.com)

Submarines, Antarctica, Science, Disappearances

55 points by geox 168 days ago | 7 comments

Antarctic temperatures soar 50 degrees above norm in long-lasting heat wave (washingtonpost.com)