A team of about 40 scientists pulled deep-ocean sediment samples out of the most remote region of the Southern Ocean - discovering how a vortex melts Antarctic ice
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It’s been two years since Russia invaded Ukraine and since the Arctic scientific community was cut off from its Russian colleagues. But permafrost melt is quickening and renewed data flow is needed to track Russian carbon emissions.
During a new UK House of Commons inquiry into British South Pole interests, a leading academic has told MPs that Russian oil and gas surveys via Cape Town may raise questions about the vulnerable region’s future.
Decades since the world first learnt about human-caused climate change and rising sea levels, the climate emergency is finally getting its day in Antarctic politics.