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Thwaites glacier

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Thwaites glacier

Thwaites glacier, on the west of Antarctica, is a remote place, around 1000 miles from US and UK research stations.

Welcome to Lunarville: Building a permanent settlement on the moon

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Welcome to Lunarville: Building a permanent settlement on the moon

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glacier

Environment

Part of a vital Antarctic glacier has unexpectedly stopped thinning

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Penguins

Environment

Emperor penguins could go extinct by 2100 if we fail on climate change

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Ice calving off an ice shelf in the Antarctic.

Earth

Collapse of Antarctic ice may have been centuries in the making

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coast of West Antarctica

Environment

A drastic plan might prevent catastrophic Antarctic ice sheet collapse

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sea ice

Environment

Antarctic sea ice is declining dramatically and we don’t know why

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From the archives: Floating charge curtains to heal the ozone layer

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From the archives: Floating charge curtains to heal the ozone layer

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Penguins in Antarctica

Life

Penguin and seal dung nourishes organisms that are kilometres away

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Alps

Environment

Earth's past and future ice

Climate change means that nearly all glaciers in the Alps may disappear, and ancient ice is also involved in a search for climate change clues in Antarctica

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Environment

Antarctica team to search world's oldest ice for climate change clues

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Physics

The race to see the start of time in the first light of the universe

Features

Life

We've dug up tiny animals from beneath a frozen Antarctic lake

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Japan’s plan to resume commercial whaling could actually help whales

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