Month: April 2016

Arctic and Antarctic | @coolaustralia
Feeling the Heat: How Fish Are Migrating from Warming Waters (06/15/2017) | @Ben_A_Goldfarb @YaleE360
ANTARCTIC TREATY (03/29/2019) | @NTI_WMD
The Antarctic Treaty | Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty
MINING AND ANTARCTICA | @AntarcticaSouth
Averting the Battle for Antarctica (02/21/2017) | Doaa Abdel-Motaal @ Yale Journal of International Affairs
Antarctica’s Mining Potential: the Economical Opportunities and Ecological Risks (w Word) | Jan Dimmer
PROTOCOL ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE ANTARCTIC TREATY – THE ANTARCTIC TREATY – ANTARCTIC MINERALS CONVENTION – WELLINGTON CONVENTION – CONVENTION ON THE REGULATION OF ANTARCTIC MINERAL RESOURCE ACTIVITIES (PDF) | Rodney R. McColloch @ Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law

This Antarctic-centric world view helps you understand the real relative size of Antarctica vs the many Mercator projection maps that make it look like the biggest continent in the world.#GIS #geographyteacher #geographer #cartographer #geology #antarctica pic.twitter.com/G8wYqwKtrO

— MapScaping (@MapScaping) April 25, 2019

In Antarctica, robots are helping scientists explore how life evolves in extreme environments. Such missions are dress rehearsals for future space exploration of ice-covered moons where alien life could be thriving. Listen 🎧: https://t.co/dMOb3PRkUZ pic.twitter.com/KMjuAHrC5d

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 27, 2019

Protecting East Antarctica means protecting the 6 million penguins that live there. Let’s give them a chance. #Antarctica2020 #CCAMLR pic.twitter.com/H1cL96ISaE

— The Pew Trusts (@pewtrusts) April 29, 2019

Emperor penguins were the stars of “March of the Penguins,” yet satellite imagery shows that their second-largest colony in Antarctica has suffered a catastrophic breeding failure.

The Emperor population is at risk of severely decreasing due to climate change.

Here's Chip Reid pic.twitter.com/gJjn2S1hxR

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) April 25, 2019

Usually 15,000 to 24,000 breeding pairs of emperor penguins flock yearly to breeding sites in the Antarctica.

For the past 3 years, virtually nothing has hatched at Antarctica’s breeding grounds for emperor penguins and this year is looking just as bleak. #ResistersForum pic.twitter.com/D6OOX6Spw8

— 💐Eʅʅҽɳ Mαɾιҽ💐 (@MarieResists52) April 26, 2019

Turquoise pools from snowmelt have been forming months after Antarctica’s peak summer melt. https://t.co/XHXmf9FjUo

— Science News (@ScienceNews) April 23, 2019

How does the interaction between an #IceSheet and the solid ground below it impact ice loss? A new Science study takes a look at the so-called "grounding line" at several #glaciers in #Antarctica to learn more. https://t.co/KbafH0ynbV pic.twitter.com/IfZrLwyhDf

— Science Magazine (@sciencemagazine) April 30, 2019

Future warming in Antarctica could cause emperor penguins to lose anywhere between 50% and 70% of its global population by the end of this century. https://t.co/ROfv5ILjYp

— Earthjustice (@Earthjustice) April 27, 2019

Hypnotically beautiful, breaking through sea ice in the Weddell Sea #Antarctica! I could have sat and watched it all day (if it wasn’t -18°C)! @BAS_News @AWI_Media pic.twitter.com/TWTA0hZdR8

— Huw Griffiths (@griffiths_huw) April 30, 2019

ANTARCTICA

The “Banished”

1. A group of secret civilizations who have required their location be kept confidential because they do not want any interaction with outside (surface earth) inhabitants. pic.twitter.com/m89uzLCDGy

— Decoder (@EmeraldLawofOne) April 28, 2019

Norwegian Air Argentina have received permission from Argentina to fly on the first ever commercial cross-#Antarctic route, which will go from South America to Asia, using Perth as a stop-off to Singapore. Pending approval from Singapore & Australia. https://t.co/LCqQfs6BxT pic.twitter.com/czlXduYlzc

— Anne-Marie Brady (@Anne_MarieBrady) April 24, 2019

Winter is coming! daylight saving in Southern Hemisphere countries, Australia and New Zealand, has ended today; many Antarctic stations have adjusted their clocks, including South Pole, McMurdo and Scott Base pic.twitter.com/s49VcCSArX

— The Antarctic Report (@AntarcticReport) April 6, 2019

WATCH: This is what happens when penguins get caught playing with a camera in Antarctica.

A researcher on Australia's antarctic program left the camera unattended, but kept it rolling. The two penguins waddled up to it, knocked it over and stared. 🐧 pic.twitter.com/sfLyEM3th3

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 9, 2018

Penguins starving to death is a sign that something’s very wrong in the Antarctic https://t.co/efouN3g4nP #overfishing

— Blue Planet Society (@Seasaver) October 13, 2017

Climate change is already costing both human and animal lives around the world. A massive ice shelf has collapsed in Antarctica, killing an entire emperor penguin colony. https://t.co/K1kgTY6sZg

— Population Matters (@PopnMatters) April 28, 2019

Antarctica is owned by no one, so how is it governed? https://t.co/EFSUAv2W2d #politics pic.twitter.com/E5n5UMgeN1

— World Economic Forum (@wef) May 6, 2019

A huge emperor #penguin colony has disappeared from the Antarctic: Up to 24,000 couples, or 8% of the world's emperor penguin population

Because: Ice sheets are collapsing

Because: Temperatures in Antarctica are up 5 times faster than the global average pic.twitter.com/eyN3caJZLB

— Assaad Razzouk (@AssaadRazzouk) May 4, 2019

#Scientists, led by #UofStirling, have shed new light on the collapse of #glaciers in #Antarctica and #Greenland by studying the history of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. https://t.co/riioT7iroe #StirFNS @BRITICECHRONO @sciencemagazine @ChrisClarkofBC @sheffielduni 📽️👇❄️ pic.twitter.com/1x6zB2NYga

— University of Stirling (@StirUni) April 29, 2019

Here’s our sunset departure from #Plymouth last night complete with Torpoint Ferries, Royal William Yard, #Drakes Island and Smeaton’s tower. It’s a little different than #Antarctica but #beautiful in this light.
🌊🚢🇬🇧@LewisPugh @Plymouth_Live @at_RIN @PlymouthOTD @RoyalNavy pic.twitter.com/prk8jScHzC

— HMS Protector (@hmsprotector) April 30, 2019

Chilean Scientists Launch Plan To Save Antarctica Emperor Penguins #Antarctic #emperorpenguin #penguin https://t.co/9MWeh2kRwS pic.twitter.com/pQ7hWvNhyt

— Chile Today News (@ChileTodayNews) May 7, 2019

‘Blizz lines’ are safety ropes connecting one building to another, that Antarctic expeditioners follow in blizzards. Here’s a tradie commute at Mawson research station, in a blizzard with wind gusts hitting 90 knots.

❄️📷 James Terrett, plumber pic.twitter.com/JVyxuYdnli

— antarctica.gov.au (@AusAntarctic) May 8, 2019

The half hour helo flight from Scott Base to the penguin colony at Cape Bird compressed down to one minute. We helo fly past Castle Rock, over the lower slopes of Mount Erebus, then land on the beach just south of the colony. @AntarcticaNZ #Antarctica #flylapse #helo #polar pic.twitter.com/xaSuDME1TT

— Anthony Powell 🇳🇿 (@Antzkiwi) May 7, 2019

Last year I paid a visit to Antarctica to understand how New Zealand scientists are building our understanding of the changing climate. 🐳🐧 pic.twitter.com/MMEuyZjZWx

— James Shaw (@jamespeshaw) May 5, 2019

#ThursdayThoughts! Have you ever had one of those days where you feel like you are banging your head against a brick wall? Getting nowhere? How about 48 hours of 8m thick sea #ice? @BAS_News @AWI_Media #Antarctica #icebreaker #goingnowhere #stuck #timelapse #iPhonephotography pic.twitter.com/Ywf9rVOWLu

— Huw Griffiths (@griffiths_huw) May 9, 2019

Massive amounts of nitrous oxide recorded over Antarctica on April 29, 2019. https://t.co/lM2Pq1UTZs pic.twitter.com/CuNjUM4Vys

— Sam Carana (@SamCarana) May 2, 2019

Antarctica… pic.twitter.com/0qUKgaLqJ7

— Physics And Astronomy World (@PhysicsAndAstr1) May 8, 2019

Antarctica as seen from Space!! pic.twitter.com/vE1HQm4faX

— Physics And Astronomy World (@PhysicsAndAstr1) May 4, 2019

And think of the real estate opportunities on Antarctica when the glaciers go https://t.co/FviZtvlchV

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 7, 2019

5 Ways to Visit #Antarctica, From Photography Journeys to Luxury Shipshttps://t.co/bZ8fRPPZo2 #luxurytravel pic.twitter.com/RSxZkRPQ57

— A Travel Companion (@aTravelCompanio) May 7, 2019

Countries With The Longest Coastline, (km):

🇨🇦 Canada: 202,080
🇳🇴 Norway: 58,133
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 54,716
🇬🇱 Greenland: 44,087
🇷🇺 Russia: 37,653
🇵🇭 Philippines: 36,289
🇯🇵 Japan: 29,751
🇦🇺 Australia: 25,760
🇺🇸 US: 19,924
🇦🇶 Antarctica: 17,968
🇳🇿 New Zealand: 15,134

(CIA)

— World Index (@theworldindex) May 7, 2019

'Alien' grain of dust from ancient star found in Antarctica https://t.co/jeoAACQ83y pic.twitter.com/C7auzehRbD

— New York Post (@nypost) April 30, 2019

The Labidiaster Annulatus is a species of starfish with 40-45 arms (rays) found in cold waters around Antarctica. Like other starfish, Labidiaster are opportunistic feeders; they scavenge along the seabed with their arms. 📸 : @PaulNicklen #TurningtheTide #funfacts pic.twitter.com/ey4H9WmXFE

— SeaLegacy (@Sea_Legacy) April 29, 2019

The World's Loneliest ATM is in Antarctica — https://t.co/z7LCsBKVRG pic.twitter.com/7DJRTvjbbt

— Mental Floss (@mental_floss) May 2, 2019

Sketching the icebergs in my imagination… while I listen during science meetings. #Exp382 #IcebergAlley #sciart #Antarctica pic.twitter.com/VGw1L0Sc8E

— Marlo Garnsworthy🌊❄️ (@MarloWordyBird) May 5, 2019

A study of Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf reveals that one area is melting 10x faster than the rest due to relatively warm ocean water getting into a cavity under the shelf https://t.co/xAtdb0NQSE pic.twitter.com/vkyef2paHP

— Climate Central (@ClimateCentral) May 1, 2019

Part of Antarctica’s Ross ice shelf—the largest ice shelf in the world—appears to be melting 10 times faster than the ice around it. https://t.co/dJNKh6t5ML

— Scientific American (@sciam) April 30, 2019

New study finds solar heat drives rapid melting of a major section of #Antarctica's biggest ice shelf (around the size of Spain) which is melting 10 times faster than average @niwa_nz
Read: https://t.co/hO2j1g9Jud pic.twitter.com/184Yl9qSw6

— Antarctic Survey (@BAS_News) April 30, 2019

A part of Antarctica's biggest ice shelf — about the size of Spain — is melting 10x faster than normal. Researchers say solar heat is melting its ice shelves, showing their vulnerability to climate change. They say if bigger ones melt, the sea level could rise by several meters. pic.twitter.com/6CsaYpW9w3

— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 30, 2019

From the penguin chicks of Antarctica to orangutans of Borneo's jungles, see awe-inspiring moments of wildlife in their natural habitats. https://t.co/V3rsBoP9Ik

— Nat Geo Travel (@NatGeoTravel) April 29, 2019

Happy #WorldPenguinDay! This footage is from the American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition of 1966-67. Led by Nicholas Clinch and supported by the National Geographic Society, the team became the first to climb some of Antarctica’s highest peaks. pic.twitter.com/A0rS6wRW68

— National Geographic (@InsideNatGeo) April 25, 2019

“In a scientific expedition to Snow Island, Antarctica, we had as camp company a colony of more than 200 southern elephant seals,” writes photographer Eduardo Bastos. https://t.co/e4jzxNrgI9 pic.twitter.com/BMozTwy8Yp

— National Geographic (@NatGeo) April 28, 2019

Think you’ve got what it takes to survive a snowstorm in Antarctica? Find out in National Geographic Explore VR, coming to #OculusQuest this spring // https://t.co/uHHM5IwXDu pic.twitter.com/tNPntajHqz

— Oculus (@oculus) April 26, 2019

The majestic scenery in #Antarctica can leave the most seasoned adventurer awestruck💙
📷: Dominic Barrington pic.twitter.com/0IwulTCMcH

— Hurtigruten (@Hurtigruten) April 26, 2019

Polar Warning: Even Antarctica's Coldest Region Is Starting to Melt: Yale Environment 360 https://t.co/bLI4cVChNi #environment | More w/ EcoSearch: https://t.co/wxPsfLwLnB

— EcoInternet (@EcoInternetDrGB) April 28, 2019

Antarctica's effect on #sea level rise in coming centuries @NASAJPL @sciencemagazine https://t.co/5svqBdbWsT

— Phys.org (@physorg_com) April 26, 2019

The melting of Antarctica's ice sheet is currently responsible for 20-25% of global sea level rise…but how much of a role will it play hundreds of yrs in the future? Learn how @NASAJPL scientists are making models more precise & predictions more accurate: https://t.co/meXW9KUR80 pic.twitter.com/aFd7hRcwiy

— NASA (@NASA) April 26, 2019

Thanks for following.Also tweeting about #Antarctica @MAGICDML if you are interested in cold places http://t.co/b2RJQCAXNo @_WorldSolutions

— Neil Glasser (@NeilNfg) October 2, 2014

MT @bluechannel24: West Antarctica. And ice discharge from #Antarctica could raise global ocean by 1 to 37 cm in 21c. pic.twitter.com/goXnbILBYY

— World Solutions (@_WorldSolutions) October 28, 2014

MT @NeilNfg @MAGICDML @AntarcticaNews: Antarctic Sea Ice Hits New Max; Continent Still Warming http://t.co/0g884wLaLg pic.twitter.com/uikrEKiwXU

— World Solutions (@_WorldSolutions) October 2, 2014

"ScienceCasts: No Turning Back – West Antarctic (half-a-dozen key) Glaciers in Irreversible Decline" http://t.co/OmRWS0hBUu

— World Solutions (@_WorldSolutions) November 8, 2014