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The Antarctica Blog: The Antarctic Oil Myth
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Monday, April 14, 2014. The Antarctic Oil Myth. Antarctica, the last wilderness, a continent covered by glaciers and surrounded by sea-ice – and full of oil? There has been a lot of talk in the media lately about huge oil reserves in Antarctica. China building a new research station has prompted. To write about a “race for resources” between countries and. Antarctic fur seal and king penguins. The Guardian cites a. By the Lowy Institute in which. Of 2007, MacDonald, professor for petroleum geology at the...
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The Antarctica Blog: World Penguin Day
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Thursday, April 24, 2014. A message from ASOC's executive director, Mark Epstein, on World Penguin Day. On the eve of a major global celebration by civil society of World Penguin Day and the start of the 37. On January 28, 1989, the calm was broken by the loud, chaotic sounds of a mayday call. The Argentine polar supply ship, the Bahia Paraiso. Was sinking after hitting ice pinnacles. This occurred less than a mile away from Torgersen Island, home to approximately 9,000 pairs of Adelie penguins. ...The p...
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The Antarctica Blog: Setting the Record Straight on Penguins
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Friday, July 18, 2014. Setting the Record Straight on Penguins. The way climate change research is reported in the media can be confusing, even if it’s part of your job to keep up with the latest findings. As many, many commentators, scientists, and fake news anchors. For example. The writer completely misrepresents the results of a recent global Adélie survey by Lynch and LaRue. And fans the flames of climate denialism. Reported on the Antarctic Peninsula (and confirmed by this recent study). In fact, t...
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The Antarctica Blog: Mining Under the Ice
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Friday, January 24, 2014. Mining Under the Ice. In 1871 the cook of a survey party in Kimberley, South Africa stumbled upon the first exhumed diamond of what is now the world’s premier diamond mining region. Within a year of that discovery, 50,000 prospectors and miners had descended on the once pristine and uninhabited region. Today, Kimberley is known for two things - diamonds and the world's deepest man-made hole. What is the Antarctic Treaty? So what are we afraid of? Currently, the Madrid Protocol i...
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The Antarctica Blog
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Duke University Student Studies Impact of Antarctic Tourism on Cetaceans. Fox was taking a class on ecotourism at the time and the interactions between the tourists and whales sparked her interest immediately. “The project was fascinating to me because I personally love travelling and whales—and because I hadn’t known there was an Antarctic tourism industry at all until that semester! Antarctic whales. Please choose up to. Benefits that you feel are most valuable.”. Potential ben...
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The Antarctica Blog: We at ASOC Warmly Welcome our New Executive Director, Mark Epstein
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014. We at ASOC Warmly Welcome our New Executive Director, Mark Epstein. February 5, 2014. Dear ASOC Colleagues and friends,. With warm regards,. Mark S. Epstein. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition. The opinions expressed on this blog are those of ASOC staffers and do not necessarily represent the opinions of ASOC. Opinions asserting that penguins are adorable are, of course, shared by all sensible human beings. Antarctic Cowboy : :.
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The Antarctica Blog: Russia and Norway: You’ve 'saved' the Arctic, now it’s time to protect the Antarctic
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Russia and Norway: You’ve 'saved' the Arctic, now it’s time to protect the Antarctic. An official statement released on January 23rd by Russia’s Federal Agency for Fisheries, announced that. 8220;Russia and Norway will sign a declaration on preventing unregulated fishing in the Arctic Ocean, helping to conserve the Arctic”. Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation & Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries, Ilya Shestakov was quoted saying that:. 8220;The Russia...