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#Antarctica What it's like to live in Antarctica's Union Glacier Camp Mark Frauenfelder
wonder Glass algae and other oddities of Antarctica's microworld David Pescovitz
Largest known soft-shell reptile egg discovered in Antarctica Thom Dunn
climate crisis Greenland and Antarctica melting 6x faster than in 1990s: NASA Xeni Jardin
climate crisis Antarctica reaches 20º C (68º F), highest recorded temp ever on icy continent Xeni Jardin
Antarctica: Hottest temperature ever recorded, 65º F / 18.3º C Xeni Jardin
extremophiles Interactive online tour of Antarctica's microworld from science hacker Ariel Waldman David Pescovitz
dire penguins This penguin escaping from a cracking glacier is an edge-of-your-seat thriller Thom Dunn
#Antarctica Our friend Ariel Waldman spent 5 weeks in Antarctica looking for extremophiles, and made a video series about it Mark Frauenfelder
sea level rise Global sea levels could rise 6 feet by year 2100, twice as high as previous estimates Xeni Jardin
global warming Manhattan-sized hole opens up under Antarctic glacier Xeni Jardin
physician The surgeon who removed his own appendix David Pescovitz
#Antarctica Antarctica: Scientist stabs colleague who kept spoiling the endings of books for him Rob Beschizza
icebergs NASA photo of incredibly odd rectangular iceberg David Pescovitz
#Antarctica Hear the eerily beautiful song of the Antarctic ice shelf David Pescovitz
greenpeace New music video for Thom Yorke's "Hands off the Antarctic" from Greenpeace David Pescovitz

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