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We’ve dug up tiny animals from beneath a frozen Antarctic lake
The discovery of preserved carcasses of tiny crustaceans and tardigrades beneath Lake Mercer suggests biologically complex life may survive deep beneath the ice
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Japan’s plan to resume commercial whaling could actually help whales
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Environment
A swarming asexual midge is island hopping towards Antarctica
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Life
The mummified penguins that hold the secrets of Antarctica’s past
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Environment
Searching for Antarctica’s penguins, lost meteorites, and oldest ice
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Environment
Antibiotic resistance genes are showing up in Antarctic penguins
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Humans
Tim Peake: To the ends of the Earth and beyond
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Environment
Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard
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Environment
Extreme tales from a record-breaking dive in the Antarctic
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Environment
Two huge Antarctic glaciers are losing much more ice than we thought
The Totten and Moscow University glaciers in east Antarctica have lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2002. Between them they could raise sea levels by 5 metres
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Earth
Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years
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Earth
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Why climate engineers are targeting Earth’s last pristine spots
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Earth
A melting ice shelf can cause rapid ice loss 900 kilometres away
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