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1,400 results for: antarctica

  1. Animals

    Marine biologist chronicles a lifelong love of fishing

    In A Naturalist Goes Fishing, a marine biologist takes readers on a round-the-world fishing expedition

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  2. Paleontology

    50-million-year-old fossil sperm discovered

    Ancient worm sperm preserved in 50-million-year-old cocoons from Antarctica set age record.

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  3. Climate

    Wildfire seasons have gotten almost 20 percent longer

    The average length of wildfire seasons has increased 18.7 percent since 1979, new research shows.

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  4. Earth

    Fast-spreading crack threatens giant Antarctic ice shelf

    A fast-spreading crack threatens Larsen C, one of Antarctica’s biggest ice shelves, satellite data suggest.

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  5. Paleontology

    Fossil worm adds head to its spiny appearance

    Hallucigenia sparsa gives hints to how some animals ended up with teeth in their guts and platelike pieces around their mouths.

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  6. Climate

    Once-stable Antarctic glaciers are now melting rapidly

    A group of glaciers in Antarctica that were once stable started rapidly melting in 2009, new research shows.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Putting the big chill on cryotherapy

    Evidence is lacking for whole-body cryotherapy as a treatment for muscle soreness.

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  8. Animals

    New water bear species found in Antarctica

    A tiny creature called a tardigrade could shed light on how animals reached the far southern continent.

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  9. Oceans

    Glassy blue iceberg goes belly up

    A photographer snaps a rare picture of a recently overturned iceberg near Antarctica.

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  10. Earth

    Ice ages boost production of new ocean crust

    When sea levels drop during ice ages, magma at mid-ocean ridges surges.

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  11. Life

    You don’t have to go to Antarctica to see wild penguins

    Tourists can visit many species of wild penguins outside of Antarctica.

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  12. Planetary Science

    Enceladus ocean may resemble Antarctic lake

    The pH of a subsurface sea on a moon of Saturn resembles an ice-covered lake in Antarctica where microbial mats thrive.

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