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FediBoard Wellness @fediboard_wellness@flipboard.social · 3d ago
10 months in Antarctica: too much contact strained crew as much as isolation, sensors found https://www.medicaldaily.com/antarctic-ten-month-study-crew-proximity-conflict-isolation-477125 Sensors worn by 12 Antarctic crew members across ten months found that frequent contact was linked to more conflict and mistrust, not less. #wellness #psychology #antarctica
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David W. Jones @dancingtreefrog@mastodon.social · Jul 26, 2026

'I can't work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore': Why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-farce-climate-cruise-tourism-anymore.html

In the words of a former Antarctic tour guide we interviewed: "You'd see massive glacier calvings, and you'd just want to cry. But all the guests would be cheering. And you'd be like … 'can you not put two and two together?'"

#ecotourism #Cruise #ClimateChange #antarctica

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Stefan Bohacek @stefan@stefanbohacek.online · Jul 22, 2026
"If you’ve ever questioned whether your work aligns with your values, these former Antarctic tour guides offer a thoughtful perspective on balancing career, wellbeing, and environmental responsibility. Their stories may also inspire a deeper appreciation for protecting Antarctica by leaving it untouched." https://theconversation.com/i-cant-work-in-the-farce-of-climate-change-cruise-tourism-anymore-why-antarctic-guides-quit-their-dream-jobs-286216 #news #ClimateChange #ClimateCollapse #ClimateNews #antarctica
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Ruth Mottram @Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org · Jul 17, 2026
🚨new publication alert🚨 Some types of El Niño lead to more melt over the Ross Ice Shelf in #Antarctica. In our paper led by PhD student Sanjiban Dutta, we look at the synoptic relationship where Eastern Pacific El Niños channel warm moist air over the Ross Ice Shelf. One to watch with the current #ElNino building.. #ClimateDiary https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JD045932
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Views from South Pole @southpoleviews@stefanbohacek.online · Jul 15, 2026
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Dr. Evan J. Gowan @DrEvanGowan@fediscience.org · Jul 14, 2026
Romero et al present an ice-free and paleo sea level chronology for James Ross Island in the northeastern Antarctic Peninsula area. They found that the advance of the local ice cap happened sometime after 40,000 years ago, and this implies a period of retreated ice in MIS 3. #Geology #Antarctica #IceSheets #SeaLevel https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.110133
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TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ @tksst@fediscience.org · Jun 30, 2026
💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌋✨ #MountErebus on #RossIsland, #Antarctica, emits microscopic #crystals of elemental gold in its volcanic plume. Scientists found faceted #gold particles up to 60 micrometers wide in #snow up to 1,000 km away. The #volcano releases about 80 grams of gold dust daily, but how the crystals form remains an open question. 👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-southernmost-active-volcano-is-spewing-out-gold-every-day #geology #earthscience #earth #science #nature #atmosphere
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Views from South Pole @southpoleviews@stefanbohacek.online · Jun 30, 2026
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Robert Sanscartier @Snoro@mastodon.social · Jun 28, 2026
#Antarctica The research finds that greenhouse gas emissions increased the retreat of Pine Island Glacier by around 18-20% since the 1940s. This has added several kilometres to its landward withdrawal https://www.miragenews.com/human-activity-fuels-retreat-of-fastest-melting-1700602/ #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social · Jun 26, 2026
Boosted by Trending Bot @trending@homestead.social
Lift-off "Huddled in a Zodiac boat in icy waters off the Antarctic peninsula, I waited patiently for an Adélie penguin to propel itself from the water to the safety of an iceberg. Persistence delivered as I captured this penguin in an almost levitational-like state, as if posing for the camera” Photograph: Mat Bell/Australian Geographic #photography #Antarctica #penguins #AltText
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The-14 Media @The14@mastodon.world · Jun 15, 2026
Boosted by Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
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Zack Labe @ZLabe@fediscience.org · Jun 01, 2026
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Just updated my visualization of changes in land ice mass since the starting year of 2002 - as observed by GRACE(-FO) satellite in #Antarctica (left) and #Greenland (right) 🧊📉 My graphic can also be downloaded: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-figures/
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Italian News by RSS @ItalianNews@mastodon.ozioso.online · May 10, 2026
Il Tempo: Hantavirus, la nave del focolaio è a Tenerife: scatta il trasferimento protetto dei passeggeri La nave da crociera Hondius, in cui si è diffusa un'epidemia di hantavirus, è arrivata verso le 7 di questa mattina al porto di Granadilla, nel sud dell'isola spagnola di Tenerife. Gli oltre 100 passeggeri e una parte dell'equipaggio saranno fatti scendere e trasferiti in strutture sanitarie. Il resto dell'equipaggio invece proseguirà il viaggio per l'Olanda. Le autorità di Tenerife hanno impedito alla nave di attraccare in porto, anche se sul molo sono state allestite tende per l'accoglienza. Rimarrà in rada fino a quando passeggeri e marittimi saranno fatti scendere, tra oggi e domani. Li attendono aerei speciali che li riporteranno a casa.  A bordo ci sono passeggeri e membri dell'equipaggio di 23 diversi Paesi. Mentre iniziano le operazioni dei protocolli sanitari finisce il viaggio organizzato dalla compagnia olandese Oceanwide Expeditions dall'Artico all'Antartide. Una crociera di lusso - prezzi a cabina tra i 16.000 e i 25.000 euro - per appassionati di birdwatching e natura con tre morti, di cui due deceduti a bordo, almeno altri cinque passeggeri infetti e vari possibili contagiati dal virus finora poco conosciuto al di fuori dell'Argentina. Hantavirus: the outbreak ship is in Tenerife; protected passenger transfer is being initiated. The cruise ship Hondius, where a hantavirus outbreak occurred, arrived around 7 a.m. this morning at the port of Granadilla, in southern Tenerife, the Spanish island. More than 100 passengers and part of the crew will be disembarked and transferred to healthcare facilities. The rest of the crew will instead continue the voyage to the Netherlands. Tenerife authorities prevented the ship from docking at the port, although tents were set up on the dock for reception. It will remain in port until passengers and seafarers are disembarked, between today and tomorrow. Special flights will await to take them home. There are passengers and crew from 23 different countries on board. As health protocol operations begin, the organized trip from the Arctic to Antarctica by the Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions ends. A luxury cruise – cabin prices between €16,000 and €25,000 – for birdwatching and nature enthusiasts, with three deaths, two of which occurred on board, at least five other passengers infected and various possible infections with the previously little-known virus outside Argentina. #Tenerife #Hondius #Granadilla #Spanish #Netherlands #Arctic #Antarctica #Dutch #Argentina https://www.iltempo.it/esteri/2026/05/10/news/hantavirus-nave-da-crociera-focolaio-tenerife-trasferimento-protetto-passeggeri-47654830/
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Robert Sanscartier @Snoro@mastodon.social · May 06, 2026
#Antarctica Driven in part by fears that the frozen landscapes of Antarctica may be irreversibly melting away because of climate change, tourism to the bottom of the world is soaring. And experts warn that with more visitors comes an increased risk of contamination, illness and other damage to the continent https://www.wral.com/news/ap/a618a-antarcticas-tourism-boom-raises-concerns-about-contamination-and-disease/ #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
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kkarhan @kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 25, 2026
Replying to @pheonix@hachyderm.io
@pheonix@hachyderm.io yeah… I mean, any kind of local distributor biz would've been fine. And I'm shure you'd even consider importing it yourself.But not selling there at all is just bad!It's worse than #Antarctica cuz #BAC / #NSF & @awi@helmholtz.social have logistics pipelines in place and worst-case just get it airdrop'd with a parachute and tracker on from a flyby-plane or helicopter if they can't manage to put it in the next scheduled shipment heading close-by…
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Airplanista 🇺🇦 @Av8rdan@squawk.mytransponder.com · Feb 16, 2026
Now that I am retired from my decades-long career as my Ad Agency's Creative Director, graphic designer, etc., I do not get the opportunity to do much in this space. So I'm having a ball helping a friend prepare his presentation he will give 3/2 to my #EAA chapter on the three tours he spent as an Air Traffic Controller in #Antarctica. Harsh conditions, and no alternate if an #airplane got all the way into his airspace, low on fuel or facing +WX. Land on the ice runway or die trying. avgeeks
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Ruth Mottram @Ruth_Mottram__dup_36785@fediscience.org · Feb 12, 2026
Boosted by Philip C James @PhilipCJames@mas.to
Leaving Antarctica with computers full of data, notebooks full of notes + numbers and just about as much kit as we brought (+ some waste for correct disposal). Travelling out via the gobsmacking #WhiteDesert. #Antarctica, you've been wonderful, who knows when we'll meet again... #iQ2300
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Backpack and Snorkel @backpackandsnorkel@mastodon.world · Jan 31, 2026
#Christchurch in New Zealand is important for the exploration of #Antarctica . The International Antarctic Centre is a base facility for Antarctica exploration and it has a very good museum. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Christchurch/#antarctic
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