Planet Earth stories
There are 33 item(s) tagged with the keyword "Antarctic".
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- 1. Missing ocean monitoring instrument found after five years at sea
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Early Christmas present for the National Oceanography Centre as missing deep-ocean lander is found after five years lost at sea.
- 2. Hay Trans.MISSION Q&A with Chris Haughton and Dr Emily Shuckburgh
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Dr Emily Shuckburgh worked with author and illustrator Chris Haughton to show how scientists measure the impacts of CO2 over time.
- 3. Hay Trans.MISSION Q&A with Nicola Davies and Professor Ed Hawkins
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Poet Nicola Davies teamed up with Professor Ed Hawkins to explore climate and weather in a series of poems set to images.
- 4. Painting underwater pictures with sound
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Silent marine robots that record sounds underwater are allowing researchers at the University of East Anglia to listen to the oceans as never before.
- 5. 30 years of healing the ozone layer
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This week marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The signing of the Montreal Protocol was a landmark political event. The treaty is the first in the history of the United Nations to achieve universal ratification. Environmental science made it happen.
- 6. Down in the bottom of the deep blue sea
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Deep sea covers most of our planet and yet we know more about the surface of the moon than its dark depths.
- 7. RRS Sir David Attenborough polar research ship one year on
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It's exactly a year since NERC launched a campaign to name our new polar research vessel. We take a look at what's happened since RRS Sir David Attenborough was picked.
- 8. New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice Shelf
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Currently a huge iceberg, roughly the size of Norfolk, looks set to break off the Larsen C Ice Shelf, which is more than twice the size of Wales.
- 9. Drones on ice
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The Antarctic isn't kind to drones - but it's not easy or cheap for people to work in either, so robots represent a huge scientific opportunity.
- 10. First solid hydrogen drone takes to skies
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The first drone powered by solid hydrogen made its maiden flight in February – the fruit of a long-term collaboration between the private sector and scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS).
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