Under a UN moratorium, commercial whaling is forbidden around the world. However, governments such as those in Japan, Iceland and Norway disregard the rule by claiming they are harvesting whales for scientific research. Now, the United States expresses regret that Japan decided to hunt whales this year as well.
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14 October 2011
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The US National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean has just released its list of priorities for how to better use the continent and its surrounding areas to benefit science and humanity.
Some of the points on the list call for the development of s... |
10 October 2011
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A shrimp-like animal that makes up the basis of the food chain spreading across Antarctica has been found to be the most important player in bringing iron to the Southern Ocean. The creature, called krill, contributes to the growth and blooming of phytoplankton. These are microscopic organisms that make up the first ... |
4 July 2011
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The Galapagos Islands, a group of islands isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and now officially a UNESCO World Heritage Site, may have less biodiversity than the sub-Antarctic island called South Georgia, which is only now beginning to reveal the myriad of species it houses. Charles Darwin is primarily resp... |
27 May 2011
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A team of investigators from the United States has discovered that icebergs floating around in the Southern Ocean, near Antarctica, are not only contributing to sea level rise, but that they also play a previously-unknown role in the global carbon cycle and in climate control.
What the team discovered was that the... |
26 March 2011
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A new study focusing on the way that the temperature of the Southern Ocean could influence the distribution of king crabs, concluded that if the coldest waters on Earth warm up, this could trigger an invasion of voracious predatory crabs, which will threaten the unique continental-shelf ecosystems of Antarctica.King ... |
1 November 2010
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce the opening of a new website, which seeks to make traveling the Antarctic waters a lot safer than it is today. The Southern Ocean is very difficult to navigate through, especially when it comes to moving through the ice-laden waters close to Antarctica. The area i... |
27 July 2010
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Japanese officials this week received the official notice that Australia is bringing the Asian nation to the International Court of Justice over its whaling actions in the Southern Ocean. Tensions have existed between the two countries for many years, with Australia protesting the fact that Japan is hunting in natura... |
1 June 2010
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A collaborative scientific effort, featuring researchers from the United States and Australia, has recently made a very interesting discovery in the Southern Ocean. It would appear that winds in this area have the ability to trigger variations in the deepest layer of surface water responsible for regulating the way i... |
15 March 2010
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Concerns about the state of the world's oceans have increased over the past few decades, as the effects of global warming became more and more obvious to those who could see them. These worries prompted several studies of global waters, including the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. However, until recently, the ... |
24 November 2008
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