Antarctica


Political snippets: Bring back those fluorocarbon sprays — the Antarctic ice needs them

Ice coverage in the Arctic is declining at a frightening rate while in the Antarctic, there has been a small but steady growth; Gordon Brown enacts some sweet revenge on Rupert Murdoch; and the US forms a Gang of Four.

This ice shelf global warming hype leaves me cold

Is misreporting really necessary to get the global warming message across to the masses? Asks Ben Sandilands.

Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: PETA applauds Rudd’s vegetarian stance

Mr Rudd may have spit the dummy on a RAAF flight at the prospect of having his diet derailed by a fatty meat meal, but who wouldn’t? writes PETA’s Alistair Cornell.

Antarctica: what gives?

Why are the poles telling different stories about global warming? Many reasons, explains Ian McHugh, not least of which is that they’re very different places.

From Bali to Antarctica – Rudd’s next green challenge

This week presents the Rudd government with another opportunity for leadership in environmental diplomacy, this time on the vexed issue of Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean, writes Dr Tim Stephens.