climate crisis Antarctica reaches 20º C (68º F), highest recorded temp ever on icy continent 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