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Antarctica

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Ice sheets of West Antarctica are warming fast

The vulnerable ice sheets are warming as fast as anywhere else on Earth, threatening massive sea-level rises

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The last march of the emperor penguins

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The last march of the emperor penguins

Features

Lake life survives in total isolation for 3000 years

Life

Lake life survives in total isolation for 3000 years

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The great thaw: Charting the end of the ice age

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The great thaw: Charting the end of the ice age

Features

No signs of life from Lake Vostok – so far

Life

No signs of life from Lake Vostok – so far

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Earth

Why sea ice records are poles apart

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World's most northerly lake comes back to life

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World's most northerly lake comes back to life

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Environment

It is misguided to cut funding for polar research

Opinion

Lush Antarctic past suggests more monsoons in future

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Lush Antarctic past suggests more monsoons in future

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Mutiny at the South Pole?

The story of Roald Amundsen and Captain Scott is well known, but many other explorers faced tragic trials in their quests to understand the Antarctic

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Earth

Could we geoengineer the climate with CO2?

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Did Scott's own South Pole team seal his fate?

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Greenland loses ice in fits and starts

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Space

Antarctic neutron detectors predict solar storms

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