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NY-ALESUND, Norway, June 30, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- In 1963, French geologist Jean Corbel established a small hut near Ny-Alesund, sparking modern research in Svalbard. Since then, the former [...]

NY-ALESUND, Norway, June 26, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- In late June, amid Norway's Svalbard archipelago, marking the onset of summer in the Arctic islands, Chinese scientists at a pioneering [...]

CANBERRA, May 10, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Australian government should consider the purchase of a second Antarctic vessel to boost research on the continent, a Senate inquiry has [...]

WELLINGTON, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- International scientists have been working to save the 'missing piece in the puzzle' of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) melt in [...]

MOSCOW, February 14, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Russia has suspended the payment of annual contributions to the Arctic Council until the practical work resumes with the participation of all [...]

WELLINGTON, January 31, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Scientists have successfully drilled through 580 meters of ice and gathered crucial information to understand the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's past response [...]

HANGZHOU, December 25, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Researchers in east China's Zhejiang Province have developed an ultra-warm, lightweight and durable aerogel fiber by mimicking the structure of polar bear [...]

SHANGHAI, November 1, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's 40th Antarctic scientific expedition team set sail on Wednesday morning, starting a mission expected to last over five months. This is [...]

SHANGHAI, November 1, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's 40th Antarctic scientific expedition team set sail on Wednesday morning, starting a mission expected to last over five months. This is [...]

HELSINKI, May 30, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The 45th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) kicked off here on Tuesday, attracting around 400 leading experts on Antarctica research. The most [...]

BEIJING, March 27, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Chinese researchers have disclosed that a tsunami triggered by last year's Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption caused the collapse of the Drigalski ice [...]

CANBERRA, February 21, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Stronger El Nino events in the future could cause irreversible melting of ice shelves and sheets in Antarctica, Australian research has warned. [...]

CANBERRA, October 12, 2022 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Australia's top Antarctic scientists have reported a rapid decline in a population of Adelie penguins. According to research published by the Australian [...]

BEIJING, April 12, 2022 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Researchers have reconstructed the Arctic amplification index over the past 1,000 years and found that the index has decreased during the time [...]

CAPE TOWN, March 10, 2022 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Mayor of South Africa's Cape Town City Geordin Hill-Lewis has congratulated the crew on locating the wreck of Endurance, the renowned [...]

CANBERRA, January 21, 2022 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Australian researchers have discovered a canyon that extends kilometers deep underneath an Antarctic glacier. A team from the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), [...]

BEIJING, December 1, 2021 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Two more meteorological stations of China in the Antarctica began formal operation Wednesday to help the country obtain long-term and continuous observational [...]

CANBERRA, September 28, 2021 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Australian Antarctic Division on Tuesday launched a quest to recover the oldest ice ever drilled from the continent. Six researchers will [...]

SHANGHAI, November 10, 2020 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China on Tuesday began the 37th Antarctic expedition as Chinese research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, set off from Shanghai. [...]

BEIJING, September 12, 2020 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's research icebreaker Xuelong is prepared for its 37th Antarctic expedition after undergoing maintenance and a trial sail, according to the Polar [...]

BEIJING, May 27, 2020 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Xuelong 2, China's first domestically built polar icebreaker, has been in a shipyard for maintenance after its first Antarctica expedition, preparing for [...]

SYDNEY, March 31, 2020 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Even the world's coldest continent is not immune to rising global temperatures, with scientists recording the first ever heatwave event in Antarctica [...]

TROMSO, Norway, January 26, 2020 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China is an important contributor to the knowledge base of the Arctic research, Nalan Koc, research director of the Norwegian Polar [...]

PRAGUE, January 17, 2020 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nine scientists from the Czech Republic second largest university Masaryk University in the city of Brno left for Antarctica on Friday to [...]

SOFIA, November 11, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Bulgarian President Rumen Radev announced here on Monday that his country would begin the construction of a science laboratory in Antarctica this [...]

NANJING, October 16, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's domestically-made unattended power supply system will provide power for the first time to Taishan station in the Antarctic inland ice sheet, [...]

BEIJING, October 12, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The following are the highlights of China's science news from the past week: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PLANTS China will build a national [...]

BEIJING, October 10, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. CHINA'S FIRST POLAR OBSERVATION SATELLITE China's first polar observation [...]

SHANGHAI, October 9, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's first polar observation satellite, the BNU-1, has successfully obtained data on polar regions, according to the satellite's chief scientist Wednesday. After [...]

SHANGHAI, October 9, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's self-developed all-terrain vehicle will set off to the South Pole, contributing to the country's upcoming 36th Antarctic expedition. The vehicle Nanji [...]

SHANGHAI, October 8, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China will foster basic research in polar science, especially in six priority research areas, according to an official from the State Oceanic [...]

BEIJING, October 1, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. ARCTIC RESEARCH China's oceanographic research vessel, Xiangyanghong 01, has [...]

WASHINGTON, September 27, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Experts at a panel here Friday lauded China's contributions in scientific research of the Arctic region and said the world should welcome [...]

SYDNEY, September 26, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A new international study released on Thursday showed how the world's fisheries could be better utilized to tackle the widespread issue of [...]

OSLO, July 27, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Norwegian researchers have found more than 200 reindeer that died of hunger on Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, public broadcaster NRK reported [...]

SHANGHAI, July 11, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's first domestically built polar icebreaker 'Xuelong 2,' or 'Snow Dragon 2,' was delivered on Thursday in Shanghai, according to the Ministry [...]

BEIJING, July 10, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- An updated version of the Arctic sea ice short-term forecast system has started operation, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources on [...]

HARBIN, June 20, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The establishment of a China-Russia joint laboratory on polar technology and equipment has recently been approved by the Ministry of Science and [...]

CANBERRA, May 28, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The world's fishing fleet has more than doubled in size since 1950 but the catch has fallen 80 percent, an Australian study [...]

MOSCOW, May 23, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Russia plans to recommission its Antarctic Russkaya station in 2021 mothballed since 1990 and upgrade another one, the Vostok, an official said [...]

Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2019 shows a meteorological station of the Zhongshan Station, a Chinese research base in Antarctica. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping) BEIJING, March 9, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- [...]

ABOARD XUELONG, March 8, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's icebreaker Xuelong, also known as the Snow Dragon, is on its way back home with crew members on the 35th [...]

SYDNEY, March 1, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A new study from Australia published Friday has found that balloons are the most high-risk plastic debris item for seabirds, with softer [...]

ABOARD XUELONG, February 26, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's research base Zhongshan Station in Antarctica will play a bigger role in exploring, protecting and tapping the continent's potential, Chinese [...]

ABOARD XUELONG, February 23, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong with the 126 members of China's 35th research mission to Antarctica on board ended on Friday a [...]

ZHONGSHAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION, February 15, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's self-developed polar drilling equipment has recently drilled through a 200-meter-thick Antarctic ice sheet, and obtained samples of continuous [...]

CHICAGO, February 14, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A team of scientists from the University of Chicago (UChicago) and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences has for the [...]

ANTARCTICA, February 13, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Chinese researchers have begun using infrared cameras to monitor Antarctica's snow petrel, a key indicator species of the local marine ecosystem.'It's an [...]

February 9, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- MOSCOW -- Russia plans the country's first manned mission to the moon in 2031, RIA Novosti news agency reported Saturday, citing a document [...]

February 8, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- ANTARCTICA -- China's 35th Antarctic expedition team on Thursday set up a new automatic meteorological station, some 100 km away from the Zhongshan [...]