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1 day ago · Often described as a continent of superlatives, Antarctica is not only the world’s southernmost continent. It is also the world’s highest, driest, windiest, coldest, and iciest continent. Antarctica is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size, and thick ice covers about 98 percent of the land.
- Physical Geography
Antarctica, with an average elevation of about 7,200 feet...
- Antarctica Summary
Antarctica approximates a circular form, except for the...
- Polar, Ice, Climate
Antarctica - Polar, Ice, Climate: The unique weather and...
- Discovery of The Antarctic Poles
Antarctica - Exploration, Ice, Wildlife: National and...
- History
Antarctica - Exploration, Wildlife, Ice: Many nations were...
- National Rivalries, Claims
Antarctica - National Rivalries, Claims: The early...
- Plant Life
Antarctica - Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems: The cold desert...
- The Antarctic Treaty
Antarctica - Treaty, Continent, Wildlife: With the ending of...
- Animal Life
Antarctica - Penguins, Seals, Whales: The native land fauna...
- Biological Resources
Antarctica - Wildlife, Marine Life, Ecosystems: Marine...
- Physical Geography
2 days ago · National Geographic28 mayo, 2024. Ecología. El promedio de muertes relacionadas con el calor aumentó un 140 % en América Latina. Erika Montejo28 mayo, 2024. La revista The Lancet publicó su informe sobre salud y cambio climático, donde reveló datos sobre el impacto de las temperaturas extremas en la región.
3 days ago · Antarctic surface ice layer temperature trends between 1981 and 2007, based on thermal infrared observations made by a series of NOAA satellite sensors. Climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities occurs everywhere on Earth, and while Antarctica is less vulnerable to it than any other continent, [1] climate change in ...
4 days ago · Observation: Thwaites 'Doomsday Glacier' is melting faster than expected: Concerns over sea level rise grow. Daily powerful tidal forces lift the glacier up and down, allowing so-called seawater ...
5 days ago · Located in the Southern Hemisphere, Antarctica is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. The closest country to Antarctica is Chile, where it wraps around the southern end of Argentina. This region of Chile is the Alberto de Agostini National Park. The next closest country is Argentina, where it meets Chile at the very southern end of South America.
- Roy Johns
3 days ago · Teams were instructed to travel to season twenty-eight's first destination city, Mexico City and season thirty-three's first destination city, London. Three seasons produced between after 2019 and 2022, were all impacted by special protocols regarding travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, they did not circumnavigate the globe:
4 days ago · The Jurassic ( / dʒʊˈræsɪk / juurr-ASS-ik [2]) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period 201.4 million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 145 Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic Era and is named after the Jura Mountains ...
