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1 day ago · The United States maintains the southernmost base, Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, and the largest base and research station in Antarctica, McMurdo Station. The second-southernmost base is the Chinese Kunlun Station at 80°25′2″S during the summer season, and the Russian Vostok Station at 78°27′50″S during the winter season.
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1 day ago · The Antarctic fur seal was very heavily hunted in the 18th and 19th centuries for its pelt by sealers from the United States and the United Kingdom. The Weddell seal , a " true seal ", is named after Sir James Weddell , commander of British sealing expeditions in the Weddell Sea .
1 day ago · The United States had not yet declared war on Germany, but was closely collaborating with Britain and the Netherlands regarding the Japanese threat. The United States started to move its newest B-17 heavy bombers to bases in the Philippines, well within range of Japanese cities. The goal was deterrence of any Japanese attacks to the south.
1 day ago · The available fossil fuel on Earth is enough to melt the entire Antarctic ice sheet, causing about 58 m (190 ft) of sea level rise. [53] Based on research into multimillennial sea level rise, [54] AR6 was able to create medium agreement estimates for the amount of sea level rise over the next 2,000 years, depending on the peak of global warming ...
1 day ago · United States: Federal 50 states: 3,142 counties and county-equivalents [citation needed] (19 boroughs and 11 census areas in Alaska, 64 Louisiana parishes, 41 independent cities). Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other
1 day ago · This is around two-thirds the mass of the Earth's entire Antarctic ice sheet, spread across a surface area 80 times larger than that of Earth. The estimate is close to the value of 0.40 Mimas masses derived from Cassini observations of density waves in the A, B and C rings.
1 day ago · United States. In the US, some states have taken action to mitigate the negative environmental effects of microplastics. Illinois was the first US state to ban cosmetics containing microplastics. At the federal level, the Microbead-Free Waters Act 2015 was enacted after being signed by President Barack Obama on December 28, 2015. The law bans ...
