Hacker News with Generative AI: Antarctica

Does US science have a future in Antarctica? Trump cuts threaten fieldwork (nature.com)
US President Donald Trump’s massive government cuts are threatening the nation’s leadership at the ends of the Earth, say scientists who work in Antarctica.

Science, Politics, Antarctica, Climate Change

10 points by gnabgib 18 days ago | 1 comments

'Nowhere on Earth is safe': Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited islands (theguardian.com)
A group of barren, uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica, covered in glaciers and home to penguins, have been swept up in Donald Trump’s trade war, as the US president hit them with a 10% tariff on goods.

Politics, Trade, Environment, Antarctica

5 points by yyyk 23 days ago | 0 comments

Stunning Antarctic Sea Creatures Discovered After Iceberg Breaks Away (scientificamerican.com)
A large sponge, a cluster of anemones, and other life is seen nearly 230 meters deep at an area of the seabed that was very recently covered by the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Sponges can grow very slowly, sometimes less than two centimeters a year, so the size of this specimen suggests this community has been active for decades, perhaps even hundreds of years.

Antarctica, Marine Biology, Climate Change, Oceanography

10 points by thunderbong 26 days ago | 0 comments

One Last Ride for Antarctica's 'Ivan the Terra Bus' (atlasobscura.com)
Everyone in Antarctica knows Ivan. Even those that haven’t had the pleasure of riding inside of him—in comfortable seats, surrounded by wood paneling and the pleasant sounds of jazz warbling from his internal speakers as he rumbles slowly along the ice—have heard of him and probably walked right past him, sitting pretty near McMurdo Station’s cafeteria in his iconic orange-and-white livery.

Antarctica, Transportation, Travel, History

94 points by Thevet 28 days ago | 25 comments

The Extraordinary, Imperiled Science at the End of the Earth (nautil.us)
Firing experts in Antarctica couldn’t come at a worse time

Science, Antarctica, Climate Change, Research

6 points by Brajeshwar 37 days ago | 0 comments

Scientists Trapped in Antarctica Plead for Help as Violence Breaks Out (newsweek.com)
A group of South African scientists has pleaded for help, saying they are trapped in an isolated base on a cliff edge in Antarctica with a team member who has become violent.

Antarctica, Science, Violence, International Relations

5 points by TMWNN 37 days ago | 2 comments

Antarctic scientists beg for help after assault and death threats from colleague (independent.co.uk)
A group of scientists trapped in an Antarctic research base have pleaded to be rescued after claiming a team member threatened to kill another colleague.

Antarctica, Science, Crime, Research

43 points by pseudolus 39 days ago | 20 comments

Penguins Help to Map Antarctica's Growing Mercury Threat (scientificamerican.com)
When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin feathers.

Antarctica, Environmental Science, Mercury Pollution, Wildlife

10 points by Brajeshwar 66 days ago | 1 comments

Worst avian flu crisis ever recorded spreads across Antarctica (elpais.com)
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which has caused the death of hundreds of millions of birds in the last five years around the world, is spreading across Antarctica, a pristine paradise for wildlife.

Avian Flu, Antarctica, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Global Health

9 points by belter 68 days ago | 0 comments

Antarctic Sea Ice Levels Five Standard Deviations Below the Mean (2023) (abc.net.au)
This winter has confirmed what scientists had feared — the sea ice around Antarctica is in sharp decline, with experts now concerned it may not recover.

Climate Change, Antarctica, Science, Environment

22 points by BLKNSLVR 68 days ago | 4 comments

Mapping Antarctica’s hidden ice-free lands: a blueprint for conservation (unsw.edu.au)
UNSW researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth’s most remote and fragile continent.

Antarctica, Conservation, Geography, Mapping, Research

73 points by gmays 78 days ago | 1 comments

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 101 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 106 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 106 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 125 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 128 days ago | 5 comments

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

Antarctica, Animals, Environment

128 points by thunderbong 141 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 159 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 166 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 179 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 197 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 200 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 202 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 202 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 208 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 217 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 226 days ago | 8 comments

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

Aviation, Antarctica, Navigation, Technology

148 points by rmnwski 255 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 266 days ago | 26 comments

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

Submarines, Antarctica, Science, Disappearances

55 points by geox 267 days ago | 7 comments