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- Veteran filmmaker takes look at Antarctica, the 'End of World'
- For his latest big-screen adventure, Werner Herzog went where few other filmmakers have gone before him -- and that includes "Transformers" director Michael Bay. "Encounters at the End of the World" took the veteran German director to Antarctica, where he profiled animal researchers and environmental scientists, as well...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Another sweeping special when 'Planet' freezes over
- The makers of Planet Earth are diving into their next expedition: the icy reaches of the North and South poles. BBC's Natural History Unit has begun filming Frozen Planet, a sequel of sorts to last year's 11-episode hit Earth, exploring the wildlife and extremely sparse human...
- Research articles 2008-04-09
- The boss
- NOW that Bill has met God, he'll have some idea of how I felt when I met him. I joined the staff of NR in 1979, the year I finished college. Bill was in his early 50s and his "cruising speed" was about 500 miles per hour. Who was that...
- Research articles 2008-03-24
- Global warming could invite sharks to Antarctica: biologists
- BOSTON, Massachusetts AFP — Global warming could make Antarctic waters more inviting to crabs and sharks that would threaten the frigid continent's unique ecosystem, biologists warned Friday. Antarctica's waters remain too cold for crabs, sharks and other fish to survive in, but global warming has already caused temperatures to...
- Research articles 2008-02-15
- Ring cycle: Antarctica, Australia, NZ to get annular eclipse
- PARIS AFP — A handful of scientists and visitors in Antarctica will get a rare treat on Thursday with an annular eclipse of the Sun, while Southeast Australia and New Zealand will get a partial view, websites reported on Thursday. An annular eclipse happens when the Moon moves between...
- Research articles 2008-02-06
- Moon bounce
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What do the moon and the South Pole have in common? They're both extremely remote and harsh places in which to live. That's why NASA chose McMurdo Station in Antarctica to test a new inflatable habitat similar to one that may someday house astronauts visiting the moon....
- Research articles 2008-02-04
- Massive volcano exploded under Antarctic icesheet, study finds
- PARIS AFP — A powerful volcano erupted under the icesheet of West Antarctica around 2,000 years ago and it might still be active today, a finding that prompts questions about ice loss from the white continent, British scientists report on Sunday. The explosive event -- rated "severe" to "cataclysmic"...
- Research articles 2008-01-20
- Australia-Antarctica air link opens, complete with ice runway
- WILKINS RUNWAY, Antarctica AFP — A historic passenger jet flight from Australia to Antarctica touched down smoothly on a blue ice runway Friday, launching the only regular airlink between the continents. Some half a century since the idea of a runway on Antarctica was first raised, the Airbus A319...
- Research articles 2008-01-11
- Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record
- To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Keith Koehler, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, of NASA, +1-757-824-1579, keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov; or Peter West of the National Science Foundation, +1-703-292-8070, pwest@nsf.gov WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and the National Science Foundation have achieved a new milestone in conducting scientific observations from balloons, by...
- Research articles 2008-01-04
- Norwegian artist unveils Antarctica 'ice bridge' at UN
- UNITED NATIONS AFP — Norwegian artist Vebjorn Sand unveiled an ice bridge made of frozen Antarctic water at a ceremony on the UN headquarters grounds late Monday to highlight the threat of melting glaciers resulting from global warming. "Welcome to Antarctica," the Norwegian painter and public art creator told...
- Research articles 2007-12-17
- NASA reveals crystal clear map of Antarctica
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US space agency on Tuesday unveiled a new map of Antarctica with satellite images of unprecedented clarity that scientists say will transform research into the frozen continent. The map was produced from about 1,100 pictures taken by NASA's satellite Landsat 7, showing precise details of...
- Research articles 2007-11-28
- Breakthrough Map of Antarctica Lays Ground for New Discoveries
- To: SCIENCE EDITORSContact: Grey Hautaluoma of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1- 202-358-0668, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A team of researchers from NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation and the British Antarctic Survey unveiled a newly completed map of Antarctica today that is expected to revolutionize research...
- Research articles 2007-11-27
- Antarctica-bound UN chief urges action on global warming
- SANTIAGO AFP — UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged swift action on global warming on the eve of a visit Friday to the Antarctic to see the effects of climate change first-hand. "Galvanizing international action on global warming is one of my main priorities as secretary general," Ban said Thursday...
- Research articles 2007-11-08
- Britain considering claim for seabed off Antarctica
- LONDON AFP — Britain is considering submitting a bid to the United Nations for sovereignty over more than one million square kilometres (385,000 square miles) of seabed off Antarctica, a foreign ministry spokeswoman told AFP Wednesday. The bid is one of four that are being researched by the Foreign...
- Research articles 2007-10-17
- Antarctic monkeys play coolest Live Earth gig
- LONDON AFP — A group of scientists in Antarctica joined in the Live Earth concerts around the world Saturday, playing to a global audience of billions from a frozen ice shelf at Britain's Rothera Research Station. Wrapped up in hats, gloves, jackets and boots, Nunatak, the British Antarctic Survey's...
- Research articles 2007-07-07
- NASA: Vast Areas of West Antarctica Melted in 2005
- PASADENA, California ENS — --> A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures. Combined, the affected regions encompassed an area as big as California. ...
- Research articles 2007-05-28
- NASA Finds Vast Regions of West Antarctica Melted in Recent Past
- To: SCIENCE EDITORSContact: Grey Hautaluoma, +1-202-358-0668 or Dwayne Brown, +1-202- 358-1726, both of Headquarters, Washington, or Alan Buis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., +1-818-354-0474, all of NASAWASHINGTON, May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west...
- Research articles 2007-05-15
- NASA satellites reveal vast snow melt on Antarctica
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Rising temperatures caused a layer of snow blanketing a California-sized region of Antarctica to melt, US space agency NASA said in a statement on Tuesday. A team of scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and the University of Colorado said new satellite...
- Research articles 2007-05-15
- Antarctic fossil prompts rethink about amphibian history
- PARIS AFP — The fossilised remains of an amphibian which lived more than 245 million years ago have been found in Antarctica, suggesting that the climate during much of the Triassic era was remarkably balmy. The 60-centimetre (24-inch) piece of skull was teased out of thick sandstone at Fremouw...
- Research articles 2007-04-03
- Crippled Japanese whaler restarts engines, leaves Antarctica
- WELLINGTON AFP — The crew of a Japanese whaler, which has been stranded off the Antarctica coast for 10 days, have managed to restart the ship's engines and sail from the area Sunday. However, no decision has been made as to whether the fleet, which includes the stricken Nisshin...
- Research articles 2007-02-24
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