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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A U.S. Navy carrier strike group and two amphibious ready groups are drilling in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Exercise Noble Fusion began on Thursday in the Philippine Sea with the JMSDF and elements of the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, the 3rd Marine Expeditionary […]

The space-for-time substitution approach provides a valuable empirical assessment to infer temporal effects of disturbance from spatial gradients. Applied to predict the response of different ecosystems under current climate change scenarios, it remains poorly tested in microbial ecology studies, partly due to the trophic complexity of the ecosystems studied. The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica represent a trophically simple polar desert projected to experience drastic changes in water availab...

Despite it being the best five days of her life, Lorde said she shouldn't have gone on a trip to Antarctica due to the environmental impacts.  Speaking

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Christchurch is one of only five cities in the world with direct travel links to Antarctica.  Since the mid 1800s, it's been where many explorers have had

Jesse Mulligan talks to interesting people around New Zealand and the world. Summertimes@rnz.co.nz

Chandi skied 700 miles to the South Pole in just 40 days. The British Sikh army officer aims to inspire others to push boundaries and is also raising funds to start an adventure grant for women.

Chandi skiied 700 miles to the South Pole in just 40 days. The British Sikh army officer aims to inspire others to push boundaries, and is also raising funds to start an adventure grant for women.

Keira Benedict and her grandmother Jeri Haugen planned to do the plunge for the first time this year. The Polar Plunge on Lake DeSmet was canceled this year due illness of one of the gentlemen who usually helps out by cutting a hole in the ice and making sure that participants are safe when jumpi

Border controls kept the worst of the virus at bay and by Christmas this year, New Zealand had recorded 50 deaths in a population of 5.5 million.