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Antartica, South Pole

Disintegrating icebergs present a fractal landscape,

each fragment shattering again and yet again

until the smallest remnants of the former crystal leviathan

melt away.

The changing landscape of the Antarctic – in pictures

G

Sat 6 Jul 2019    21.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2019/jul/07/
the-changing-landscape-of-the-antarctic-in-pictures

Antartic / Antarctica        UK / USA

2024

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/06/
simply-mind-boggling-
world-record-temperature-jump-in-antarctic-raises-fears-of-catastrophe

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/mar/25
changes-in-antarcticas-glaciers-and-ice-sheets-in-pictures

2023

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/31/
red-alert-in-antarctica-the-year-rapid-dramatic-change-hit-climate-scientists-
like-a-punch-in-the-guts

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/
1215141574/antarctica-iceberg-a23a-location

https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2023/oct/24/
weve-lost-control-what-happens-when-the-w - Guardian podcast

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/
rapid-ice-melt-in-west-antarctica-now-inevitable-research-shows

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/12/
antarctica-has-lost-7-5tn-tonnes-of-ice-since-1997-scientists-find

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/08/
antarctica-warming-much-faster-than-models-predicted-
in-deeply-concerning-sign-for-sea-levels

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/22/
ive-spent-40-years-in-antarctic-research-
right-now-its-facing-a-climate-emergency-
so-we-must-not-put-vital-science-on-ice

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2023/aug/24/
antarctica-sea-ice-levels-record-low - Guardian podcast

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/
1190604378/antarctica-has-a-lot-less-sea-ice-than-usual-
thats-bad-news-for-all-of-us

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/17/
1170491909/why-melting-ice-in-antarctica-
is-a-big-problem-for-coastal-texas

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/17/
1170371283/how-disappearing-ice-in-antarctica-threatens-the-u-s

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/feb/24/
frozen-memories-rare-antarctic-expedition-images-
in-pictures - Guardian pictures gallery

2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/14/
climate/antarctic-ice-shelves-atmospheric-rivers.html

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/
1088840912/antarctica-ice-shelf-collapses

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/19/
1087752486/antarctica-record-heat-arctic

2021

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/20/
worlds-largest-iceberg-nearly-four-times-size-of-new-york-forms-in-antarctica

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/25/
global-ice-loss-accelerating-at-record-rate-study-finds

2020

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/16/
shackletons-sledge-and-flag-from-south-pole-expedition-to-stay-in-uk

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2020/oct/22/
antarctica-an-ecosystem-under-threat-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/30/
south-pole-warming-three-times-faster-than-rest-of-the-world-our-research-shows

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/jun/08/
the-sounds-of-melting-icebergs-and-whale-songs-a-journey-into-antarctica

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/
climate/antarctica-ice-climate-change.html

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/30/
848398472/antarctica-and-greenland-are-losing-thousands-of-gigatons-of-ice-
thats-a-lot

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/apr/09/
sound-of-icebergs-melting-journey-into-antarctic-jonathan-watts-greenpeace

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/antarctic

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/
antarctica-what-it-means-
when-the-coldest-place-on-earth-records-an-unprecedented-heatwave

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/
808187601/-antarctica-melts-nasa-says-showing-effects-of-record-heat

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/
antarctic-temperature-rises-above-20c-first-time-record

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/07/
803835452/it-was-65-degrees-in-antarctica-this-week

2019

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2019/jul/29/
dreaming-of-antarctica-where-beauty-and-fragility-meet-

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2019/jul/07/
the-changing-landscape-of-the-antarctic-in-pictures

2018

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2018/07/19/
612437369/photographer-captures-
the-contradictions-of-otherworldly-antarctica

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/13/
619543532/antarctica-has-lost-more-than-3-trillion-tons-of-ice-in-25-years

2017

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/26/
climate/antarctica-glaciers-melt.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/
climate/antarctica-virtual-reality.html

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/06/
531735345/polar-photographer-shares-his-view-of-a-ferocious-but-fragile-ecosystem

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/18/climate/antarctica-
ice-melt-climate-change-flood.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/16/
509565462/an-ice-shelf-is-cracking-in-antarctica-but-not-for-the-reason-you-think

2016

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/25/
499206005/antarcticas-ice-sheets-are-melting-faster-and-from-beneath

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/
opinion/the-danger-of-a-runaway-antarctica.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/
science/global-warming-antarctica-ice-sheet-sea-level-rise.html

2015

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/29/
world/countries-rush-for-upper-hand-antarctica.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/03/
climate-change-myths-warming-ice-antarctic-arctic 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/
opinion/sunday/kamila-shamsie-reading-moby-dick-antarctica.html

Weddell sea        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/20/
worlds-largest-iceberg-nearly-four-times-size-of-new-york-forms-in-antarctica

heatwave        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/
antarctica-what-it-means-
when-the-coldest-place-on-earth-records-an-unprecedented-heatwave

Antarctic Ice        UK / USA

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/03/
climate-change-myths-warming-ice-antarctic-arctic 

http://www.npr.org/2015/03/26/
395379216/big-shelves-of-antarctic-ice-melting-faster-than-scientists-thought

Antarctica's Ice sheets / Antarctic ice sheets        UK / USA

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/mar/25/
changes-in-antarcticas-glaciers-and-ice-sheets-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/25/
global-ice-loss-accelerating-at-record-rate-study-finds

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/25/
499206005/antarcticas-ice-sheets-are-melting-faster-and-from-beneath

West Antarctic ice sheet        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/
science/global-warming-antarctica-ice-sheet-sea-level-rise.html

disappearing ice        USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/17/
1170371283/how-disappearing-ice-in-antarctica-threatens-the-u-s

iceberg

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/
worlds-largest-iceberg-breaks-free-heads-toward-southern-ocean-2023-11-24/

icebergs        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/20/
worlds-largest-iceberg-nearly-four-times-size-of-new-york-forms-in-antarctica

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/31/
extraordinary-voyage-on-the-trail-of-the-trillion-tonne-runaway-iceberg

iceberg        USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/
1215141574/antarctica-iceberg-a23a-location

Iceberg A23a        USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/
1215141574/antarctica-iceberg-a23a-location

melting icebergs        USA

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/jun/08/
the-sounds-of-melting-icebergs-and-whale-songs-a-journey-into-antarctica

ice melt        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/
rapid-ice-melt-in-west-antarctica-now-inevitable-research-shows

'Incredible' rate of polar ice loss

alarms scientists        UK

A European satellite has shown

ice sheets shrinking

at 120 cubic miles a year

in Antarctica and Greenland

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/24/
incredible-polar-ice-loss-cryosat-antarctica-greenland

Antarctic CO2 hits 400ppm

for first time in 4m years

G    UK    16 June 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/16/
antarctic-co2-hits-400ppm-for-first-time-in-4m-years

Antartic iceberg        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/24/
b31-pine-island-glacier

giant iceberg        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/12/
giant-antarctic-iceberg-breaks-free-of-larsen-c-ice-shelf

Antarctic shelf > 'Larsen C' iceberg        UK / USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/
opinion/antarctica-larsen-ice-shelf.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/12/
giant-antarctic-iceberg-breaks-free-of-larsen-c-ice-shelf

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2017/jan/06/
larsen-c-iceberg-about-to-break-off-antarctic-shelf-video

Antartic ice shelf >  Larsen C        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/07/
science/earth/antarctic-crack.html

Ronne shelf        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/20/
worlds-largest-iceberg-nearly-four-times-size-of-new-york-
forms-in-antarctica

Glenzer Conger ice shelf        USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/
1088840912/antarctica-ice-shelf-collapses

global ice loss        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/25/
global-ice-loss-accelerating-at-record-rate-study-finds

Antarctic sea ice        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/
antarctic-sea-ice-hits-record-low-climate-crisis

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/17/
antarctica-sea-ice-record-high-arctic-sixth-lowest-extent

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/11/
poles-scientists-antarctic-sea-ice

West Antarctica ice sheet        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/17/
climate-change-antarctica-glaciers-melting-global-warming-nasa

West Antarctic ice sheet        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/
science/global-warming-antarctica-ice-sheet-sea-level-rise.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/
science/earth/collapse-of-parts-of-west-antarctica-ice-sheet-has-begun-scientists-say.html

Antarctic ice shelf        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2017/jan/06/
larsen-c-iceberg-about-to-break-off-antarctic-shelf-video

Antarctic ice shelf        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/06/
508536211/a-really-big-crack-in-an-antarctic-ice-shelf-just-got-bigger

massive Antarctic ice shelf        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/15/
407070056/massive-antarctic-ice-shelf-will-be-gone-within-years-nasa-says

Antartique > banquise        FR

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/video/2016/12/12/
comprendre-comment-la-planete-perd-sa-banquise-en-3-minutes
_5047470_3244.html

break        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/06/
508536211/a-really-big-crack-in-an-antarctic-ice-shelf-just-got-bigger

crack        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/16/
509565462/an-ice-shelf-is-cracking-in-antarctica-but-not-for-the-reason-you-think

crack        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/07/
science/earth/antarctic-crack.html

glaciers        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/mar/25/
changes-in-antarcticas-glaciers-and-ice-sheets-in-pictures

whales        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/jun/08/
the-sounds-of-melting-icebergs-and-whale-songs-a-journey-into-antarctica

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