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2026
In Antarctica is de hoogste wintertemperatuur tot nu toe gemeten. Op 6 juni werd het aan de Argentijnse onderzoeksbasis Esperanza 15,4 graden Celsius. Dat is 2 graden warmer dan het vorige temperatuurrecord en maar liefst 20 graden warmer dan normaal voor deze tijd van het jaar. Onderzoekers ter plaatse zien de Zuidpool verkleuren van wit naar bruin en groen.
In the icy waters of the Southern Ocean, whales and other marine mammals rely on krill to survive. But as the market for human dietary supplements and animal feeds booms, and climate change reduces krill populations, scientists worry there may not be enough to go around.
Vanaf vanavond kan je kijken naar '2050', een documentairereeks over de klimaatopwarming waarin Eric Goens ons meeneemt naar Antarctica. We zien hoe het zuidpoolgebied de perfecte graadmeter is voor de veranderingen op onze planeet die volop aan het gebeuren zijn, met een steeds sneller tempo.
Welcome to the Global Climate Highlights 2025 report, compiled by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The Global Climate Highlights 2025 report provides authoritative climate data and concise insight on a global scale about 2025's climate conditions, covering surface and sea surface temperature, heat stress, sea ice extent in the Arctic and Antarctic, among others.
Verschillende pinguïnsoorten op Antarctica broeden steeds vroeger. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de Penguin Watch van de Oxford-universiteit, die de pinguïns gedurende 10 jaar observeerde. Experts vrezen dat 3 pinguïnsoorten daardoor op lange termijn met uitsterven bedreigd zijn.
2025
Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice fall from glaciers into the sea. Until now, only a very few have been found in the Antarctic. In a new study soon to be published in Geophysical Research Letters, I present evidence for hundreds of these quakes in Antarctica between 2010 and 2023, mostly at the ocean end of the Thwaites Glacier – the so-called Doomsday Glacier that could send sea levels rising rapidly if it were to collapse.
Researchers have discovered dozens of new methane seeps littering the ocean floor in the Ross Sea coastal region of Antarctica, raising concerns of an unknown positive climate feedback loop that could accelerate global warming.
We report striking discoveries of numerous seafloor seeps of climate-reactive fluid and gases in the coastal Ross Sea, indicating this process may be a common phenomenon in the region. We establish the recent emergence of many of these seep features, based on their discovery in areas routinely surveyed for decades with no previous seep presence. Additionally, we highlight impacts to the local benthic ecosystem correlated to seep presence and discuss potential broader implications. With these discoveries, our understanding of Antarctic seafloor seeps shifts from them being rare phenomenon to seemingly widespread, and an important question is raised about the driver of seep emergence in the region. While the origin and underlying mechanisms of these emerging seep systems remains unknown, similar processes in the paleo-record and the Arctic have been attributed to climate-driven cryospheric change. Such a mechanism may be widespread around the Antarctic Continent, with concerning positive feedbacks that are curr
The 511 billion barrels reported is nearly double Saudi Arabia’s proven reserves and more than ten times the North Sea’s output over the last 50 years.
New research catalogs several “abrupt changes,” like a precipitous loss of sea ice, unfolding in Antarctica with dire implications for us all.
