NASA: The Story Behind the New Iceberg Twice the Size of Chicago This post first appeared on NASA’s Earth Observatory Site Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf finally calved a large iceberg in February 2021, two years after rifts opened rapidly across the ice and raised concerns about the shelf’s stability. The break was first detected by GPS equipment on February 26, 2021, and then confirmed the next day with radar images from the […] Brains SnowBrains | March 4, 2021 0 Comments
Chris Davenport’s Top 11 Ski Destinations in the World In the latest SnowBrains podcast, Miles sat down with Chris Davenport, the world extreme skiing champion in both 1996 and 2000, and star of over 30 Warren Miller ski movies. Episode #10: Chris Davenport – Legendary Freeskier, Ski Mountaineer, Mountain Guide Having skied all over the world, from the Lhotse face at 27,000′ in the shadow of Mt. Everest to his […] SnowBrains | January 6, 2021 1 Comment
Covid-19 Has Now Infected Every Single Continent | Antarctica Just Reported First Cases On Monday, the Chilean army announced that 36 people on their Antarctica base had tested positive for covid-19, ending Antarctica’s run of being the only continent not to succumb to the virus infecting the rest of the world. The continent is home to hundreds of scientists and researchers. Another first for Antarctica: Scientist is ‘First Man to be Charged with Attempted […] SnowBrains | December 23, 2020 0 Comments
Penguins Actually Come From Australia And New Zealand Penguins are found in many different geographical locations around the world, though it has been found they actually originate from Australia and New Zealand. A new study in journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, debunked older research thinking they were from Antarctica. The conclusions were made from analyzing blood and tissue […] Brains Rouchelle Gilmore | August 28, 2020 0 Comments
Australia Proposes Year-Round Concrete Runway for Antarctica Vast, untouched, pristine, frigid; these are a few words that come to mind for me when picturing Antarctica. I’ve always thought of it as the last frontier on Earth, where nature is still the dominating force and human presence is minimal and restricted. Human presence in Antarctica isn’t new, but a controversial new development proposal is on the horizon. Related: […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | July 21, 2020 0 Comments
Southern Ocean Sea Ice can Help Predict Carbon Levels The Southern Ocean occupies 14% of the Earth’s surface, and it is one of the biggest carbon sinks capturing about half of all human-related carbon in oceans to date. It plays a critical role in the global carbon cycle and in the Earth’s climate. Now, a new study of blue ice from scientists at UNSW and Keele University has found […] Brains Gabrielle Gasser | July 6, 2020 0 Comments
Off The Beaten Path: Cold Weather Camping in Antarctica [arve url="https://vimeo.com/414300920"] Taylor Stephan | July 3, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
How Clouds Over Antarctica Are Different and Affect Climate Models How cloudy is it in Antarctica right now? Probably very since it is the cloudiest place on Earth. Why does it matter? Well, because, those clouds and their reflectivity play an important role in climate change, and climate models use data about the clouds to make predictions. Related: Is Climate Change Turning Antarctica’s Snow Green? Surprisingly, the climate models have […] Brains Gabrielle Gasser | July 3, 2020 0 Comments
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