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Antarctic fossils reveal creatures weren't safer in the south during dinosaur extinction
A study of more than 6000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions.
Watch the big polar glaciers moving for first time
Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling has launched the ice sheet outlet glacier velocity service using satellite data.
Ocean life triggers ice formation in clouds
A study, by ICAS scientists, has shown for the first time that phytoplankton (plant life) in remote ocean regions can contribute to rare airborne particles that trigger ice formation in clouds.
How plankton help control clouds over the world's most remote oceans
Dan Grosvenor, from the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, has written for 'The Conversation'.
Severe ozone depletion avoided
We are already reaping the rewards of the Montreal Protocol, with the ozone layer in much better shape than it would have been without the UN treaty, according to a new study in Nature Communications.