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Seabed sponge forest basks in ice-free Antarctic sun

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Seabed sponge forest basks in ice-free Antarctic sun

Global warming threatens to put many species on thin ice. But changing temperatures seems to have sparked new life in a group of Antarctic sea sponges

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Lake Vostok may boast a thriving ecosystem

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Lake Vostok may boast a thriving ecosystem

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South Pole scopes: Witnessing the universe's birth

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South Pole scopes: Witnessing the universe's birth

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Neutrinos from outer space open new eye in the sky

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Neutrinos from outer space open new eye in the sky

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Seas will rise no more than 69 centimetres by 2100

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Seas will rise no more than 69 centimetres by 2100

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Blue with cold, emperor penguins have a freezing exterior

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Blue with cold, emperor penguins have a freezing exterior

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Antares rocket launch heats up private space race

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Antares rocket launch heats up private space race

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Antarctic freeze paved the way for baleen whales

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Antarctic freeze paved the way for baleen whales

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Antarctic ice melting faster than in past 1000 years

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Antarctic ice melting faster than in past 1000 years

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Antarctic ice grows as climate warms

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Antarctic ice grows as climate warms

Counter-intuitively, global warming may be cooling the surface waters of the Southern Ocean, increasing the extent of Antarctic ice

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The melting of Canada's glaciers is irreversible

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Mystery bug found in Antarctica's Lake Vostok

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Why we called off hunt for ancient Antarctic life

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Polar tech uncovers how frozen regions are changing

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