An Agency for Change
UNLESS is a term that conveys a sense of urgency, that is, it invokes the need to act immediately to avert something serious from happening, and at the same time it is imbued with optimism, of the consciousness that individual and collective action has the potential to solve a given problem, even if that problem were on a planetary scale.
UNLESS is an agency for change. It is an interdisciplinary and transnational non-profit organisation that operates at the intersection between the environment, politics, technology and the arts. Its mission is to catalyse global attention on the importance and fragility of our Global Commons, and to call to action in defence of intergenerational justice.
UNLESS is an agency for change. It is an interdisciplinary and transnational non-profit organisation that operates at the intersection between the environment, politics, technology and the arts. Its mission is to catalyse global attention on the importance and fragility of our Global Commons, and to call to action in defence of intergenerational justice.
Antarctic Resolution. Pixel 02
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Calving Architecture. The Archeology of the Debris
A. Alsop, 1995.
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A. Alsop, 1995.
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“Bung in Antarctica on a blow-up globe”, 2005.
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The Antarctic as a Global Commons.
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NASA IceBridge flight surveying climate change in the Antarctic.
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NASA IceBridge flight surveying climate change in the Antarctic.
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Planetary Archive. Antarctic Ice Core.
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“STO (Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory)”.
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“Fuel Depot, South Pole Station”, 2008.
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The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Dome City.
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“Fuel Storage Tanks, McMurdo Station, Antarctica”, 2008.
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UNLESS’ efforts focus mainly on Antarctica and the Cryosphere at large: the single planetary Common that can lead to the oblivion of coastal communities and island-states, while withholding key data on our climate history, necessary to inform undeferrable environmental policies.
With a surface one and a half times that of Europe, Antarctica is facing a great threat caused by humanity itself: the global warming of the atmosphere is inducing a progressive and ever-more accelerated melting of its ice – that is to say of 90% of our planet’s ice and 70% of its freshwater. In order to realise the magnitude of this imminent environmental catastrophe, one should consider that a total melting of the Antarctic ice shelf would increase global sea levels by 60 metres, and that it is currently melting at an accelerated pace equal to the volume of 200 Olympic-size swimming pools per minute.
At this alarming pace, sea levels would slowly but relentlessly rise to submerge the coastal areas on the planet, destroying all the coastal civilisations and species that have flourished over the centuries, launching unheard-of migratory flows that would disrupt the demographic balances and cultural systems that have regulated our existence thus far.
With a surface one and a half times that of Europe, Antarctica is facing a great threat caused by humanity itself: the global warming of the atmosphere is inducing a progressive and ever-more accelerated melting of its ice – that is to say of 90% of our planet’s ice and 70% of its freshwater. In order to realise the magnitude of this imminent environmental catastrophe, one should consider that a total melting of the Antarctic ice shelf would increase global sea levels by 60 metres, and that it is currently melting at an accelerated pace equal to the volume of 200 Olympic-size swimming pools per minute.
At this alarming pace, sea levels would slowly but relentlessly rise to submerge the coastal areas on the planet, destroying all the coastal civilisations and species that have flourished over the centuries, launching unheard-of migratory flows that would disrupt the demographic balances and cultural systems that have regulated our existence thus far.
Yet Antarctica does not only represent a threat. It is the greatest planetary archive of data on the climate history. A repository wherein the very substance of the ice contains the most evanescent elements of life: air and time. The ice cores drilled on the Antarctic Plateau allow paleoclimatologists to extract scientific data on historical temperature fluctuations and to reconstruct trends in atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and greenhouse gases from past glacial and interglacial eras. These time capsules of Planet Earth show how carbon dioxide concentrations as high as the current ones have never been detected in the past 800,000 years, and are of primary importance to shape urgent environmental policies.
The continent’s wealth does not rely purely on the water forming the ice that covers Antarctica and the captive air bubbles imprisoned therein, it also lies deep in the rocks upon which these ice sheets rest and slide towards the sea. The nature of these rocks is rich in precious minerals and hydrocarbons. This wealth, which could prove crucial to the fate of our planet, rouses the interest and lust for possession of the nations who have “set foot” on Antarctic soil. Thus, in addition to the “physical" problem of accelerated ice thinning, the polar region also presents a geopolitical problem that should not be underestimated: the risk that a review of the Antarctic Protocol for Environmental Protection (the so-called Madrid Protocol), allowed as of 2048, might trigger savage, competitive exploitation of its resources. The consequences of a statutory review of the Protocol would be dramatic: it would undermine the concept that this continent should be understood and governed as a «Global Commons».
The continent’s wealth does not rely purely on the water forming the ice that covers Antarctica and the captive air bubbles imprisoned therein, it also lies deep in the rocks upon which these ice sheets rest and slide towards the sea. The nature of these rocks is rich in precious minerals and hydrocarbons. This wealth, which could prove crucial to the fate of our planet, rouses the interest and lust for possession of the nations who have “set foot” on Antarctic soil. Thus, in addition to the “physical" problem of accelerated ice thinning, the polar region also presents a geopolitical problem that should not be underestimated: the risk that a review of the Antarctic Protocol for Environmental Protection (the so-called Madrid Protocol), allowed as of 2048, might trigger savage, competitive exploitation of its resources. The consequences of a statutory review of the Protocol would be dramatic: it would undermine the concept that this continent should be understood and governed as a «Global Commons».
Having built-up over the years a unique holistic body of research on Antarctica and catalysed a vast network of interdisciplinary experts, UNLESS develops projects in different scales and formats with the goal of creating a constituency for our only continent with no indigenous people, that is to say, with no population that can speak-up for its just governance and preservation.
Acutely aware that "what happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica”, but rather it affects our cites as well as all human and non-human species, UNLESS attempts to sensitise and mobilse the widest audience possible on the urgency of protecting the Cryosphere and embracing a process of decarbonisation.
This mission sees UNLESS relentlessly engaged in research-based calls to action on Antarctica that include: the publication of Antarctic Resolution (Lars-Müller-Publishers, 2021) and its subsequent Open Access dissemination; the curation of exhibitions in prestigious international cultural venues; the design of objects that can mobilise the collective consciousness and tools that can enhance scientific research; the promotion of policy resolutions for an equitable governance of the Commons that include a paradigm shift on data sharing policies for Antarctica and the Ocean; a blueprint masterplan for the sharing of scientific infrastructure in the Antarctic and the waters that surround it; and the design and launch of urban campaigns.
The United Nations declared that 2025 will be the "Year of the Cryosphere”. They will find UNLESS at work.
Acutely aware that "what happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica”, but rather it affects our cites as well as all human and non-human species, UNLESS attempts to sensitise and mobilse the widest audience possible on the urgency of protecting the Cryosphere and embracing a process of decarbonisation.
This mission sees UNLESS relentlessly engaged in research-based calls to action on Antarctica that include: the publication of Antarctic Resolution (Lars-Müller-Publishers, 2021) and its subsequent Open Access dissemination; the curation of exhibitions in prestigious international cultural venues; the design of objects that can mobilise the collective consciousness and tools that can enhance scientific research; the promotion of policy resolutions for an equitable governance of the Commons that include a paradigm shift on data sharing policies for Antarctica and the Ocean; a blueprint masterplan for the sharing of scientific infrastructure in the Antarctic and the waters that surround it; and the design and launch of urban campaigns.
The United Nations declared that 2025 will be the "Year of the Cryosphere”. They will find UNLESS at work.
Broadcasting
26.02.2024
THE 'DOOMSDAY GLACIER' IS RAPIDLY MELTING. SCIENTISTS NOW HAVE EVIDENCE FOR WHEN IT STARTED AND WHY
CNN
24.02.2024
ANTARCTICA SEA ICE REACHES ALARMING LOW FOR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW
The Guardian
04.12.2023
ATTENBOROUGH SHIP ENCOUNTERS MAMMOTH ICEBERG
BBC News
26.11.2023
WORLD'S BIGGEST ICEBERG MOVING BEYOND ANTARCTIC WATERS
The Guardian
10.11.2023
FLORA AND FAUNA AT THE POLES AND GLACIERS: A CRUCIAL BIODIVERSITY AT RISK FACING CLIMATE WARMING
One Planet Summit
24.11.2023
IN VISIT TO ANTARCTICA, GUTERRES APPEALS FOR ACTION TO END 'CLIMATE ANARCHY'
UN News
24.10.2023
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER HIDDEN LANDSCAPE 'FROZEN IN TIME' UNDER ANTARCTIC ICE
The Guardian
23.10.2023
RAPID ANTARCTIC MELTING LOOKS CERTAIN, EVEN IF EMISSIONS GOALS ARE MET
The New York Times
23.10.2023
RAPID ICE MELT IN WEST ANTARCTICA NOW INEVITABLE, RESEARCH SHOWS
The Guardian
19.10.2023
WILL IRAN SET UP A BASE IN ANTARCTICA?
The Diplomat
12.10.2023
ANTARCTICA HAS LOST 7.5TN TONNES OF ICE SINCE 1997, SCIENTIST FIND
The Guardian
06.10.2023
THE OZONE HOLE ABOVE ANTARCTICA HAS GROWN TO THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF BRAZIL
Space.com
22.08.2023
ANTARCTICA IS EXPERIENCING DISTURBING CHANGES
The Guardian
18.08.2023
SCIENTISTS LAMENT SOUTHERN OCEAN 'DATA DESERT', JUST AS CLIMATE CRISIS BRINGS FRIGHTENING CHANGES
The Guardian
08.08.2023
ANTARCTICA COULD BECOME PLANTE'S 'RADIATOR' DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER
Sky News
25.05.2023
SLOWING OCEAN CURRENT CAUSED BY MELDING ANTARCTIC ICE COULD HAVE CRASTIC CLIMATE IMPACT
The Guardian
05.05.2023
ISLAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD: ANTARCTIC OUTPOSTS FACING UNCERTAIN TIMES
The Guardian
11.04.2023
ANTARCTIC TOURISM IS UP, BUT EXPERTS GIVE IT A THUMBS DOWN
Hakai Magazine
07.02.2023
'IT'S A MORAL DISGRACE': CAPE TOWN MAYOR SPITS FIRE AS RUSSIAN SEISMIC SHIP SAIL TO ANTARCTICA
The Daily Maverick
20.01.2023
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONY IN ANTARCTICA
The Guardian
10.01.2023
HOLE IN THE OZONE HOLE WILL MEND BY 2066
Independent
31.12.2022
CHINA OFFERS THAI SCIENTISTS A RESEARCH BASE IN ANTARCTICA
South China Morning Post
28.10.2022
ANTARCTICA'S COLLAPSE COULD BEGIN EVEN SOONER THAN ANTICIPATED
Scientific American
7.09.2022
'DOOMSDAY GLACIER' HANGING ON BY ITS FINGERNAILS IN ANTARCTICA
New York Post
30.07.2022
TOXIC 'FOREVER CHEMICALS' THREATENING ANTARCTICA WILDLIFE
Independent
23.06.2022
ENDURANCE WRECK: NATIONS LOOK TO PROTECT SHIP FROM DAMAGE
BBC News
14.06.2022
'FACTORIAN DEEP': THE NEW DEEPEST POINT IN ANTARCTICA'S SOUTHERN OCEAN, MAPPED FOR THE FIRST TIME
Live Science
06.06.2022
HIDDEN WORLD OF MARINE LIFE DISCOVERED IN ANTARCTIC 'RIVER' UNDER ICE
The Guardian
17.05.2022
GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT: DESPITE MINING BAN, RUSSIA SCOURS ANTARCTICA FOR MASSIVE FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS.
The Daily Maverick
03.06.2022
CHINA BLOCKS MOVES TO STEP UP PROTECTION OF EMPEROR PENGUINS
Independent
16.05.2022
ALOK SHARMA SPEECH TO MARK SIX MONTHS SINCE COP26.
Gov.uk
16.05.2022
MARKET MOVERS AMERICA: NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY SECURITY HEADLINES US SENATE HEARING.
S&P Global
15,05,2022
BREAKING CLIMATE VOWS WOULD BE 'MONSTRUOS SELF-HALM'.
The Guardian
12.04.2022
WHERE THE ICE IS STILL ABUNDANT, THESE PENGUINS ARE, TOO.
The New York Times
07.04.2022
POLAR REGIONS EXPERIENCE EXTREMES AS WORLD WARMS.
The Financial Times
01.04.2022
ANTARCTICA ‘SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED’ SCIENTISTS DECLARE, AMID EXTREME WEATHER UPTICK
UN News
28.03.2022
ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES ARE SHATTERING. HOW FAST WILL SEAS RISE?
National Geographic
28.03.2022
EAST ANTARCTICA ICE SHELF COLLAPSE
CBS News
31.03.2022
RRS SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH COMPLETES ICE TRIALS DURING MAIDEN VOYAGE TO ANTARCTICA
Sky News
28.03.2022
EAST ANTARCTICA ICE SHELF COLLAPSE, THE FIRST IN HUMAN HISTORY FOR THAT REGION, WORRIES SCIENTISTS
CBS news
25.03.2022
SATELLITE DATA SHOWS ENTIRE CONGER ICE SHELF HAS COLLAPSED IN ANTARCTICA
The Guardian
22.03.2022
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WORLD'S OZONE HOLE?
Yale Climate Connections
21.03.2022
"HISTORIC EVENT": ANTARCTICA EXPERIENCING RECORD-SHATTERING WARMTH
BBC
18.03.2022
ENDURANCE 22 FINDING SHACKLETON’S SHIP: WHY OUR FASCINATION WITH ANTARCTICA ENDURES
The Conversation
18.03.2022
SEA ICE OVER ANTARCTICA JUST SHRANK TO ITS SMALLEST ON RECORD
The Washington Post
12.03.2022
PRISTINE SHIP DISCOVERED IN ANTARCTICA 107 YEARS AFTER IT SANK
CNN
09.03.2022
SHACKLETON’S LOST SHIP DISCOVERED OFF ANTARCTICA AFTER 100 YEARS
ALJAZEERA
22.02.2022
ANTARCTIC SEA ICE FALLS TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE MEASUREMENTS BEGAN IN 1979
The Guardian
21.02.2022
THE HIDDEN MELTING OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ICE ON EARTH, EXPLAINED
Vox
18.02.2022
ANTARCTICA WILL LIKELY SET AN ALARMING NEW RECORD THIS YEAR, NEW DATA SHOWS
CNN
18.02.2022
WARMING TEMPERATURES ARE TURNING ANTARCTICA GREEN
Smithsonian Magazine
02.02.2022
ANTARCTICA’S ‘DOOMSDAY GLACIER’ KEEPS SCIENTISTS AT BAY WITH ICEBERG AND SEA ICE.
The Guardian
10.01.2022
THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF ANTARCTICA’S MELTING ICE
Eos
07.01.2022
PROTECTING THE OCEAN, TIME FOR ACTION
European Commission
02.01.2022
COVID-19: ANTARCTICA RESEARCH STATION BATTLING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
Sky News
22.12.2021
ANTARCTICA’S ‘DOOMSDAY’ GLACIER: HOW ITS COLLAPSE COULD TRIGGER GLOBAL FLOODS AND SWALLOW ISLANDS.
The Conversation
18.12.2021
SCIENTISTS WATCH GIANT ‘DOOMSDAY’ GLACIER IN ANTARCTICA WITH CONCERN.
The Guardian
13.12.2021
THE ANTARCTIC IS SIGNALING BIG CLIMATE TROUBLE.
The New York Times
01.12.2022
WORLD LEADERS FAIL TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS AROUND ANTARCTICA YET AGAIN.
Forbes
30.11.2021
QUEST BEGINS TO DRILL ANTARCTICA'S OLDEST ICE.
BBC
09.10.2021
ANTARCTICA'S LAST 6 MONTHS WERE THE COLDEST ON RECORD.
CNN
01.10.2021
HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER WIDENS AS RECOVERY REMAINS IN THE DISTANCE
The Financial Times
13.08.2021
ANTARCTICA IS CHANGING. THE IMPACT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC.
CNN
09.06.2021
STILL TIME TO REVERSE DAMAGE TO ‘RAVAGED’ ECOSYSTEMS, DECLARES UN CHIEF, MARKING WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY.
UN News
09.06.2021
A LOOK INTO THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AT MSU'S TITLE IX OFFICE.
State News
20.05.2021
WORLD’S LARGEST ICEBERG BREAKS OFF OF ANTARCTICA
Scientific American
20.05.2021
ANTARCTICA GIVES BIRTH TO WORLD’S LARGEST ICEBERG
Reuters
28.04.2021
ONE OF ANTARCTICA'S LARGEST ICE SHELVES IS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE, NEW STUDY SAYS
Forbes
20.05.2021
WORLD'S LARGEST ICEBERG BREAKS OFF FROM ANTARCTICA
CNN
05.05.2021
ANTARCTICA'S ICE SHEET IS CRITICAL TO THE FATE OF COASTAL CITIES. HOW MUCH IT WILL MELT REMAINS A BIG QUESTION
CNN
08.04.2021
THIRD OF ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES ‘WILL COLLAPSE AMID 4C GLOBAL HEATING’
The Guardian
26.02.2021
GIANT CRACK FREES A MASSIVE ICEBERG IN ANTARCTICA
Live Science
01.02.2021
ANTARCTICA'S ICE MELT ISN'T CONSISTENT, NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS
Science Daily
23.12.2020
COVID HITS ANTARCTICA, THE VIRUS' LAST UNTOUCHED CONTINENT
Deutsche Welle
18.12.2020
HUGE ANTARCTIC ICEBERG HEADED TOWARDS SOUTH GEORGIA BREAKS IN TWO
The Guardian
21.10.2020
‘SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’ SHIP PREPARES FOR FIRST MISSION TO ANTARCTICA
Euronews.green
06.10.2020
OZONE HOLE OVER ANTARCTICA IS 'LARGEST' AND 'DEEPEST' IT'S BEEN IN YEARS, RESEARCHERS SAY
ABC.news
12.09.2020
ANTARCTICA IS STILL FREE OF COVID-19. CAN IT STAY THAT WAY?
AP News
16.09.2020
THE OZONE LAYER IS HEALING — BUT IT COULD TAKE ANOTHER 50 YEARS TO COMPLETELY RECOVER
Business Insider
14.09.2020
ANTARCTIC GLACIERS ARE GROWING UNSTABLE ABOVE AND BELOW WATER
Wired
14.09.2020
THE ARCTIC IS SHIFTING TO A NEW CLIMATE BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING
The New York Times
09.09.2020
‘DOOMSDAY GLACIER’ IN ANTARCTICA MELTING DUE TO WARM WATER CHANNELS UNDER SURFACE, SCIENTISTS DISCOVER
The Independent
09.09.2020
ANTARCTICA’S COLOSSAL THWAITES GLACIER IS MELTING FAST -- AND SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE DISCOVERED WHY
CNN
09.09.2020
HUGE CAVITIES THREATEN GLACIER LARGER THAN GREAT BRITAIN
The Guardian
28.08.2020
ANTARCTICA’S GIANT ICE SHELVES ARE VULNERABLE TO COLLAPSE, STUDY WARNS
World Economic Forum
26.08.2020
ANTARCTICA: 60% OF ICE SHELVES AT RISK OF FRACTURE, RESEARCH SUGGESTS
The Guardian
27.08.2020
ANTARCTICA’S ICE SHELVES MAY BE AT GROWING RISK OF COLLAPSE
Scientific American
26.08.2020
VULNERABILITY OF ANTARCTICA’S ICE SHELVES TO MELTWATER-DRIVEN FRACTURE
Nature
23.08.2020
EARTH HAS LOST 28 TRILLION TONNES OF ICE IN LESS THAN 30 YEARS
The Guardian
20.08.2020
SURPRISING PULSES OF ANCIENT WARMING FOUND IN ANTARCTIC ICE SAMPLES
Science magazine
20.08.2020
PRISTINE SPACE ROCK OFFERS NASA SCIENTISTS PEEK AT EVOLUTION OF LIFE’S BUILDING BLOCKS
NASA
07.08.2020
CORONAVIRUS SEVERELY RESTRICTS ANTARCTIC SCIENCE
BBC
13.07.2020
CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT ANTARCTICA’S ‘DOOMSDAY GLACIER’ MEANS FOR THE PLANET
Financial Times
15.06.2020
THE RACE TO PRESERVE EARTH’S HISTORICAL CLIMATE RECORD—ITS ICE
C&En
30.04.2020
A SATELLITE LETS SCIENTISTS SEE ANTARCTICA'S MELTING LIKE NEVER BEFORE
The New York Times
04.03.2020
MAP: RUSSIA EYESANTARCTIC OIL POTENTIAL
S&P Global
11.02.2020
THE BIG (YET HIDDEN) CONSEQUENCES OF ANTARCTICA’S RECORD HEAT
Wired
07.02.2020
RECORD ANTARCTIC TEMPERATURE MET WITH THE SOUND OF CRACKING ICE
Financial Times
27.02.2020
WHY PENGUINS MAY HELP US PREDICT THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Financial Times
30.01.2020
THE NEW VIDEO OF ONE OF THE SCARIEST PLACES ON EARTH, FOR THE FIRST TIME, SCIENTISTS HAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF THE LINE WHERE THE GIANT THWAITES GLACIER IS LEAKING WATER INTO THE OCEAN
The Atlantic
28.01.2020
ANTARCTICA MELTING: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE JOURNEY TO THE ‘DOOMSDAY GLACIER’
BBC
26.10.2019
A QUEST TO DRILL THE OLDEST ICE CORE IN ANTARCTICA IS BEGINNING
The Economist
02.10.2019
IF WARMING EXCEEDS 2°C, ANTARCTICA’S MELTING ICE SHEETS COULD RAISE SEAS 20 METRES IN COMING CENTURIES
The Conversation
01.10.2019
A HUGE ICEBERG SPLIT FROM ANTARCTICA.
The New York Times
22.07.2019
BBNJ - 'COMMON HERITAGE OF MANKIND'
Un Environment Programme
10.07.2018
A GLACIER THE SIZE OF FLORIDA IS BECOMING UNSTABLE. IT HAS DIRE IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL SEA LEVELS
TIME
10.07.2019
ANTARCTICA'S ICE IS DEGRADING FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT, AND THERE MAY BE NO WAY TO STOP THE CONSEQUENCES
CNN
09.07.2019
GLACIAL MELTING IN ANTARCTICA MAY BECOME IRREVERSIBLE
The Guardian
16.05.2019
‘EXTRAORDINARY THINNING’ OF ICE SHEETS REVEALED DEEP INSIDE ANTARCTICA
The Guardian
25.04.2019
ANTARCTICA: THOUSANDS OF EMPEROR PENGUIN CHICKS WIPED OUT
BBC
09.04.2019
ANTARCTICA TEAM TO SEARCH WORLD'S OLDEST ICE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE CLUES
New Scientist
27.02.2019
ICEBERG TWICE THE AREA OF NEW YORK CITY TO BREAK OFF ANTARCTICA
Down to Earth
06.02.2019
MOST DIRE PROJECTION OF SEA-LEVEL RISE IS A LITTLE LESS LIKELY, REPORTS SAY
National Geographic
06.02.2019
HOW ANTARCTICA’S MELTING ICE COULD CHANGE WEATHER AROUND THE WORLD
Vox
30.01.2019
HERE'S HOW MUCH ICE ANTARCTICA IS LOSING—IT'S A LOT
Scientific American
14.01.2019
ANTARCTICA ICE MELT HAS ACCELERATED BY 280% IN THE LAST 4 DECADES
CNN
14.01.2019
ICE LOSS FROM ANTARCTICA HAS SEXTUPLED SINCE THE 1970S, NEW RESEARCH FINDS
The Washington Post
11.12.2018
EAST ANTARCTICA GLACIAL STRONGHOLD MELTING AS SEAS WARM
The Guardian
11.12.2018
EAST ANTARCTICA'S GLACIERS ARE STIRRING
BBC
05.11.2018
OZONE LAYER HOLE ABOVE ANTARCTICA COULD BE REPAIRED BY 2060, UN REPORT FINDS
Sky News
22.10.2018
WILL WE PROTECT ANTARCTICA OR EXPLOIT IT?
The New York Times
07.09.2018
NEW ANTARCTICA MAP IS LIKE PUTTING ON GLASSES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SEEINB 20/20
The New York Times
13.06.2018
ANTARCTICA HAS LOST 3 TRILLION TONNES OF ICE IN 25 YEARS. TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE FROZEN CONTINENT
The Conversation
13.06.2018
ANTARCTICA IS MELTING THREE TIMES AS FAST AS A DECADE AGO
The New York Times
13.06.2018
ANTARCTICA HAS LOST MORE THAN 3 TRILLION TONS OF ICE IN 25 YEARS
NPR
06.06.2018
ANTARCTICA: PLASTIC CONTAMINATION REACHES EARTH'S LAST WILDERNESS
The Guardian
29.03.2018
INSIDE ANTARCTICA: THE CONTINENT WHOSE FATE WILL AFFECT MILLIONS
Financial Times
THE 'DOOMSDAY GLACIER' IS RAPIDLY MELTING. SCIENTISTS NOW HAVE EVIDENCE FOR WHEN IT STARTED AND WHY
CNN
24.02.2024
ANTARCTICA SEA ICE REACHES ALARMING LOW FOR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW
The Guardian
04.12.2023
ATTENBOROUGH SHIP ENCOUNTERS MAMMOTH ICEBERG
BBC News
26.11.2023
WORLD'S BIGGEST ICEBERG MOVING BEYOND ANTARCTIC WATERS
The Guardian
10.11.2023
FLORA AND FAUNA AT THE POLES AND GLACIERS: A CRUCIAL BIODIVERSITY AT RISK FACING CLIMATE WARMING
One Planet Summit
24.11.2023
IN VISIT TO ANTARCTICA, GUTERRES APPEALS FOR ACTION TO END 'CLIMATE ANARCHY'
UN News
24.10.2023
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER HIDDEN LANDSCAPE 'FROZEN IN TIME' UNDER ANTARCTIC ICE
The Guardian
23.10.2023
RAPID ANTARCTIC MELTING LOOKS CERTAIN, EVEN IF EMISSIONS GOALS ARE MET
The New York Times
23.10.2023
RAPID ICE MELT IN WEST ANTARCTICA NOW INEVITABLE, RESEARCH SHOWS
The Guardian
19.10.2023
WILL IRAN SET UP A BASE IN ANTARCTICA?
The Diplomat
12.10.2023
ANTARCTICA HAS LOST 7.5TN TONNES OF ICE SINCE 1997, SCIENTIST FIND
The Guardian
06.10.2023
THE OZONE HOLE ABOVE ANTARCTICA HAS GROWN TO THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF BRAZIL
Space.com
22.08.2023
ANTARCTICA IS EXPERIENCING DISTURBING CHANGES
The Guardian
18.08.2023
SCIENTISTS LAMENT SOUTHERN OCEAN 'DATA DESERT', JUST AS CLIMATE CRISIS BRINGS FRIGHTENING CHANGES
The Guardian
08.08.2023
ANTARCTICA COULD BECOME PLANTE'S 'RADIATOR' DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER
Sky News
25.05.2023
SLOWING OCEAN CURRENT CAUSED BY MELDING ANTARCTIC ICE COULD HAVE CRASTIC CLIMATE IMPACT
The Guardian
05.05.2023
ISLAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD: ANTARCTIC OUTPOSTS FACING UNCERTAIN TIMES
The Guardian
11.04.2023
ANTARCTIC TOURISM IS UP, BUT EXPERTS GIVE IT A THUMBS DOWN
Hakai Magazine
07.02.2023
'IT'S A MORAL DISGRACE': CAPE TOWN MAYOR SPITS FIRE AS RUSSIAN SEISMIC SHIP SAIL TO ANTARCTICA
The Daily Maverick
20.01.2023
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONY IN ANTARCTICA
The Guardian
10.01.2023
HOLE IN THE OZONE HOLE WILL MEND BY 2066
Independent
31.12.2022
CHINA OFFERS THAI SCIENTISTS A RESEARCH BASE IN ANTARCTICA
South China Morning Post
28.10.2022
ANTARCTICA'S COLLAPSE COULD BEGIN EVEN SOONER THAN ANTICIPATED
Scientific American
7.09.2022
'DOOMSDAY GLACIER' HANGING ON BY ITS FINGERNAILS IN ANTARCTICA
New York Post
30.07.2022
TOXIC 'FOREVER CHEMICALS' THREATENING ANTARCTICA WILDLIFE
Independent
23.06.2022
ENDURANCE WRECK: NATIONS LOOK TO PROTECT SHIP FROM DAMAGE
BBC News
14.06.2022
'FACTORIAN DEEP': THE NEW DEEPEST POINT IN ANTARCTICA'S SOUTHERN OCEAN, MAPPED FOR THE FIRST TIME
Live Science
06.06.2022
HIDDEN WORLD OF MARINE LIFE DISCOVERED IN ANTARCTIC 'RIVER' UNDER ICE
The Guardian
17.05.2022
GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT: DESPITE MINING BAN, RUSSIA SCOURS ANTARCTICA FOR MASSIVE FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS.
The Daily Maverick
03.06.2022
CHINA BLOCKS MOVES TO STEP UP PROTECTION OF EMPEROR PENGUINS
Independent
16.05.2022
ALOK SHARMA SPEECH TO MARK SIX MONTHS SINCE COP26.
Gov.uk
16.05.2022
MARKET MOVERS AMERICA: NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY SECURITY HEADLINES US SENATE HEARING.
S&P Global
15,05,2022
BREAKING CLIMATE VOWS WOULD BE 'MONSTRUOS SELF-HALM'.
The Guardian
12.04.2022
WHERE THE ICE IS STILL ABUNDANT, THESE PENGUINS ARE, TOO.
The New York Times
07.04.2022
POLAR REGIONS EXPERIENCE EXTREMES AS WORLD WARMS.
The Financial Times
01.04.2022
ANTARCTICA ‘SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED’ SCIENTISTS DECLARE, AMID EXTREME WEATHER UPTICK
UN News
28.03.2022
ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES ARE SHATTERING. HOW FAST WILL SEAS RISE?
National Geographic
28.03.2022
EAST ANTARCTICA ICE SHELF COLLAPSE
CBS News
31.03.2022
RRS SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH COMPLETES ICE TRIALS DURING MAIDEN VOYAGE TO ANTARCTICA
Sky News
28.03.2022
EAST ANTARCTICA ICE SHELF COLLAPSE, THE FIRST IN HUMAN HISTORY FOR THAT REGION, WORRIES SCIENTISTS
CBS news
25.03.2022
SATELLITE DATA SHOWS ENTIRE CONGER ICE SHELF HAS COLLAPSED IN ANTARCTICA
The Guardian
22.03.2022
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WORLD'S OZONE HOLE?
Yale Climate Connections
21.03.2022
"HISTORIC EVENT": ANTARCTICA EXPERIENCING RECORD-SHATTERING WARMTH
BBC
18.03.2022
ENDURANCE 22 FINDING SHACKLETON’S SHIP: WHY OUR FASCINATION WITH ANTARCTICA ENDURES
The Conversation
18.03.2022
SEA ICE OVER ANTARCTICA JUST SHRANK TO ITS SMALLEST ON RECORD
The Washington Post
12.03.2022
PRISTINE SHIP DISCOVERED IN ANTARCTICA 107 YEARS AFTER IT SANK
CNN
09.03.2022
SHACKLETON’S LOST SHIP DISCOVERED OFF ANTARCTICA AFTER 100 YEARS
ALJAZEERA
22.02.2022
ANTARCTIC SEA ICE FALLS TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE MEASUREMENTS BEGAN IN 1979
The Guardian
21.02.2022
THE HIDDEN MELTING OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ICE ON EARTH, EXPLAINED
Vox
18.02.2022
ANTARCTICA WILL LIKELY SET AN ALARMING NEW RECORD THIS YEAR, NEW DATA SHOWS
CNN
18.02.2022
WARMING TEMPERATURES ARE TURNING ANTARCTICA GREEN
Smithsonian Magazine
02.02.2022
ANTARCTICA’S ‘DOOMSDAY GLACIER’ KEEPS SCIENTISTS AT BAY WITH ICEBERG AND SEA ICE.
The Guardian
10.01.2022
THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF ANTARCTICA’S MELTING ICE
Eos
07.01.2022
PROTECTING THE OCEAN, TIME FOR ACTION
European Commission
02.01.2022
COVID-19: ANTARCTICA RESEARCH STATION BATTLING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
Sky News
22.12.2021
ANTARCTICA’S ‘DOOMSDAY’ GLACIER: HOW ITS COLLAPSE COULD TRIGGER GLOBAL FLOODS AND SWALLOW ISLANDS.
The Conversation
18.12.2021
SCIENTISTS WATCH GIANT ‘DOOMSDAY’ GLACIER IN ANTARCTICA WITH CONCERN.
The Guardian
13.12.2021
THE ANTARCTIC IS SIGNALING BIG CLIMATE TROUBLE.
The New York Times
01.12.2022
WORLD LEADERS FAIL TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS AROUND ANTARCTICA YET AGAIN.
Forbes
30.11.2021
QUEST BEGINS TO DRILL ANTARCTICA'S OLDEST ICE.
BBC
09.10.2021
ANTARCTICA'S LAST 6 MONTHS WERE THE COLDEST ON RECORD.
CNN
01.10.2021
HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER WIDENS AS RECOVERY REMAINS IN THE DISTANCE
The Financial Times
13.08.2021
ANTARCTICA IS CHANGING. THE IMPACT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC.
CNN
09.06.2021
STILL TIME TO REVERSE DAMAGE TO ‘RAVAGED’ ECOSYSTEMS, DECLARES UN CHIEF, MARKING WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY.
UN News
09.06.2021
A LOOK INTO THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AT MSU'S TITLE IX OFFICE.
State News
20.05.2021
WORLD’S LARGEST ICEBERG BREAKS OFF OF ANTARCTICA
Scientific American
20.05.2021
ANTARCTICA GIVES BIRTH TO WORLD’S LARGEST ICEBERG
Reuters
28.04.2021
ONE OF ANTARCTICA'S LARGEST ICE SHELVES IS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE, NEW STUDY SAYS
Forbes
20.05.2021
WORLD'S LARGEST ICEBERG BREAKS OFF FROM ANTARCTICA
CNN
05.05.2021
ANTARCTICA'S ICE SHEET IS CRITICAL TO THE FATE OF COASTAL CITIES. HOW MUCH IT WILL MELT REMAINS A BIG QUESTION
CNN
08.04.2021
THIRD OF ANTARCTIC ICE SHELVES ‘WILL COLLAPSE AMID 4C GLOBAL HEATING’
The Guardian
26.02.2021
GIANT CRACK FREES A MASSIVE ICEBERG IN ANTARCTICA
Live Science
01.02.2021
ANTARCTICA'S ICE MELT ISN'T CONSISTENT, NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS
Science Daily
23.12.2020
COVID HITS ANTARCTICA, THE VIRUS' LAST UNTOUCHED CONTINENT
Deutsche Welle
18.12.2020
HUGE ANTARCTIC ICEBERG HEADED TOWARDS SOUTH GEORGIA BREAKS IN TWO
The Guardian
21.10.2020
‘SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’ SHIP PREPARES FOR FIRST MISSION TO ANTARCTICA
Euronews.green
06.10.2020
OZONE HOLE OVER ANTARCTICA IS 'LARGEST' AND 'DEEPEST' IT'S BEEN IN YEARS, RESEARCHERS SAY
ABC.news
12.09.2020
ANTARCTICA IS STILL FREE OF COVID-19. CAN IT STAY THAT WAY?
AP News
16.09.2020
THE OZONE LAYER IS HEALING — BUT IT COULD TAKE ANOTHER 50 YEARS TO COMPLETELY RECOVER
Business Insider
14.09.2020
ANTARCTIC GLACIERS ARE GROWING UNSTABLE ABOVE AND BELOW WATER
Wired
14.09.2020
THE ARCTIC IS SHIFTING TO A NEW CLIMATE BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING
The New York Times
09.09.2020
‘DOOMSDAY GLACIER’ IN ANTARCTICA MELTING DUE TO WARM WATER CHANNELS UNDER SURFACE, SCIENTISTS DISCOVER
The Independent
09.09.2020
ANTARCTICA’S COLOSSAL THWAITES GLACIER IS MELTING FAST -- AND SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE DISCOVERED WHY
CNN
09.09.2020
HUGE CAVITIES THREATEN GLACIER LARGER THAN GREAT BRITAIN
The Guardian
28.08.2020
ANTARCTICA’S GIANT ICE SHELVES ARE VULNERABLE TO COLLAPSE, STUDY WARNS
World Economic Forum
26.08.2020
ANTARCTICA: 60% OF ICE SHELVES AT RISK OF FRACTURE, RESEARCH SUGGESTS
The Guardian
27.08.2020
ANTARCTICA’S ICE SHELVES MAY BE AT GROWING RISK OF COLLAPSE
Scientific American
26.08.2020
VULNERABILITY OF ANTARCTICA’S ICE SHELVES TO MELTWATER-DRIVEN FRACTURE
Nature
23.08.2020
EARTH HAS LOST 28 TRILLION TONNES OF ICE IN LESS THAN 30 YEARS
The Guardian
20.08.2020
SURPRISING PULSES OF ANCIENT WARMING FOUND IN ANTARCTIC ICE SAMPLES
Science magazine
20.08.2020
PRISTINE SPACE ROCK OFFERS NASA SCIENTISTS PEEK AT EVOLUTION OF LIFE’S BUILDING BLOCKS
NASA
07.08.2020
CORONAVIRUS SEVERELY RESTRICTS ANTARCTIC SCIENCE
BBC
13.07.2020
CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT ANTARCTICA’S ‘DOOMSDAY GLACIER’ MEANS FOR THE PLANET
Financial Times
15.06.2020
THE RACE TO PRESERVE EARTH’S HISTORICAL CLIMATE RECORD—ITS ICE
C&En
30.04.2020
A SATELLITE LETS SCIENTISTS SEE ANTARCTICA'S MELTING LIKE NEVER BEFORE
The New York Times
04.03.2020
MAP: RUSSIA EYESANTARCTIC OIL POTENTIAL
S&P Global
11.02.2020
THE BIG (YET HIDDEN) CONSEQUENCES OF ANTARCTICA’S RECORD HEAT
Wired
07.02.2020
RECORD ANTARCTIC TEMPERATURE MET WITH THE SOUND OF CRACKING ICE
Financial Times
27.02.2020
WHY PENGUINS MAY HELP US PREDICT THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Financial Times
30.01.2020
THE NEW VIDEO OF ONE OF THE SCARIEST PLACES ON EARTH, FOR THE FIRST TIME, SCIENTISTS HAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF THE LINE WHERE THE GIANT THWAITES GLACIER IS LEAKING WATER INTO THE OCEAN
The Atlantic
28.01.2020
ANTARCTICA MELTING: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE JOURNEY TO THE ‘DOOMSDAY GLACIER’
BBC
26.10.2019
A QUEST TO DRILL THE OLDEST ICE CORE IN ANTARCTICA IS BEGINNING
The Economist
02.10.2019
IF WARMING EXCEEDS 2°C, ANTARCTICA’S MELTING ICE SHEETS COULD RAISE SEAS 20 METRES IN COMING CENTURIES
The Conversation
01.10.2019
A HUGE ICEBERG SPLIT FROM ANTARCTICA.
The New York Times
22.07.2019
BBNJ - 'COMMON HERITAGE OF MANKIND'
Un Environment Programme
10.07.2018
A GLACIER THE SIZE OF FLORIDA IS BECOMING UNSTABLE. IT HAS DIRE IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL SEA LEVELS
TIME
10.07.2019
ANTARCTICA'S ICE IS DEGRADING FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT, AND THERE MAY BE NO WAY TO STOP THE CONSEQUENCES
CNN
09.07.2019
GLACIAL MELTING IN ANTARCTICA MAY BECOME IRREVERSIBLE
The Guardian
16.05.2019
‘EXTRAORDINARY THINNING’ OF ICE SHEETS REVEALED DEEP INSIDE ANTARCTICA
The Guardian
25.04.2019
ANTARCTICA: THOUSANDS OF EMPEROR PENGUIN CHICKS WIPED OUT
BBC
09.04.2019
ANTARCTICA TEAM TO SEARCH WORLD'S OLDEST ICE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE CLUES
New Scientist
27.02.2019
ICEBERG TWICE THE AREA OF NEW YORK CITY TO BREAK OFF ANTARCTICA
Down to Earth
06.02.2019
MOST DIRE PROJECTION OF SEA-LEVEL RISE IS A LITTLE LESS LIKELY, REPORTS SAY
National Geographic
06.02.2019
HOW ANTARCTICA’S MELTING ICE COULD CHANGE WEATHER AROUND THE WORLD
Vox
30.01.2019
HERE'S HOW MUCH ICE ANTARCTICA IS LOSING—IT'S A LOT
Scientific American
14.01.2019
ANTARCTICA ICE MELT HAS ACCELERATED BY 280% IN THE LAST 4 DECADES
CNN
14.01.2019
ICE LOSS FROM ANTARCTICA HAS SEXTUPLED SINCE THE 1970S, NEW RESEARCH FINDS
The Washington Post
11.12.2018
EAST ANTARCTICA GLACIAL STRONGHOLD MELTING AS SEAS WARM
The Guardian
11.12.2018
EAST ANTARCTICA'S GLACIERS ARE STIRRING
BBC
05.11.2018
OZONE LAYER HOLE ABOVE ANTARCTICA COULD BE REPAIRED BY 2060, UN REPORT FINDS
Sky News
22.10.2018
WILL WE PROTECT ANTARCTICA OR EXPLOIT IT?
The New York Times
07.09.2018
NEW ANTARCTICA MAP IS LIKE PUTTING ON GLASSES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SEEINB 20/20
The New York Times
13.06.2018
ANTARCTICA HAS LOST 3 TRILLION TONNES OF ICE IN 25 YEARS. TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE FROZEN CONTINENT
The Conversation
13.06.2018
ANTARCTICA IS MELTING THREE TIMES AS FAST AS A DECADE AGO
The New York Times
13.06.2018
ANTARCTICA HAS LOST MORE THAN 3 TRILLION TONS OF ICE IN 25 YEARS
NPR
06.06.2018
ANTARCTICA: PLASTIC CONTAMINATION REACHES EARTH'S LAST WILDERNESS
The Guardian
29.03.2018
INSIDE ANTARCTICA: THE CONTINENT WHOSE FATE WILL AFFECT MILLIONS
Financial Times
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