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Well above normal temperatures have been recorded recently in both the Arctic and Antarctica.
They’re not just waddling around, it appears.
If the Larsen C Antarctic ice shelf splits, it will produce one of the biggest icebergs ever seen.
Kildare scientist Dr Martin O’Leary told TheJournal.ie that it could lead to a rise of 10cm in sea levels worldwide.
Here’s how the Kildare-born explorer dealt with an attempted mutiny, 100 years ago today.
Researchers say it is sexual harassment.
Weather getting you down? Here are some dreams.
If it quacks like a duck…it may not be a duck.
The Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, came close to reaching the Russian ship stuck last week – and now has been blocked itself.
It was the third attempt to rescue the scientific expedition ship which is trapped in ice estimated to be around 3 metres thick.
Everyone’s talking about the first day of the new Insolvency Service, Phil Hogan’s latest response on Priory Hall and the Syrian President’s combative TV interview.
NASA is in the fifth year of its mission to survey the Arctic and Antarctic. Its cockpit cameras have gathered some spectacular footage…
The last 12 months have seen unprecedented climatic developments, writes Gavin Harte. Are we going to heed the warning?
The Australian photographer travelled to Antarctica six times, including as part of the ill-fated Endurance expedition led by Shackleton.
Or desk, or kitchen table…from wherever you want really as Google Streetview has just launched new views of the lonely continent today.
Felicity Aston, 34, has become the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica on Monday, persevering for 59 days in near-total solitude.
The anti-whaling group Sea Shepard has thwarted Japan’s efforts to hunt whales already this year.
The broadcaster has been accused of artificially inflating viewing figures for the much criticised programme in which its chief news correspondent sets out to retrace the footsteps of explorer Tom Crean.
The UN climate change panel’s projections for the rising of sea levels no longer appears realistic, as the global ice loss rate continues to accelerate, say researchers.
Activists disrupted the Asian country’s annual whale hunt in the Antarctic.
Government fishing agency considering calling off this year’s whale cull completely, after pressure from anti-whaling demonstrators.