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World’s largest marine reserve agreed for Antarctica’s Ross Sea

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World’s largest marine reserve agreed for Antarctica’s Ross Sea

The reserve will kick in at the end of 2017 and ban fishing in most of its area, protecting a host of species living in Antarctic waters

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Gordon Hamilton against icy landscape

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Snowmobile plunge claims life of Antarctica researcher

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A lenticular cloud formation over the Lemaire Channel on the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.

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One part of Antarctica has been cooling since 1998 – here’s why

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A core being inspected

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Seabed core reveals how lush Antarctica changed to icy desert

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A plane flies over the icey Antarctic landscape

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Huge never-before-seen lake spotted hiding under Antarctic ice

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Ice breaking off floating shelves and drifting at sea

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Unexpected Antarctic melt could trigger 2-metre sea level rise

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Big foamy waves rolling in, with Miami skyscrapers in the background

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Bail out the oceans to stop sea level rise? Let's talk about it

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Polar wildlife under threat as ice melts and makes seas brighter

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Polar wildlife under threat as ice melts and makes seas brighter

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Frozen kingdom: The lost world under Antarctica's ice

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Frozen kingdom: The lost world under Antarctica's ice

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Massive crevasse in the ice forces early move for Antarctic base

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Massive crevasse in the ice forces early move for Antarctic base

Just two years after opening, the UK's Halley research station is preparing to relocate some 30 km to escape an enormous crack in the ice shelf it sits on

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Glaciers seed ocean with silicon – and fuel plankton growth

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Zoologger: The giant sea spider that sucks life out of its prey

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Leading climate scientist: Future is bleaker than we thought

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