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Posted by 1patriot

This Is Why You Can’t Go To Antarctica Antarctica is the last truly untamed land on the planet. It’s a bizarre, otherworldly place buried under miles of ice, with a lot of mysteries and secrets that have come to the surface over the...

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News & Links

Jun 25Jun 25

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKNew "Tipping Point" Found In Antarctica – And It’s As Bad As It Sounds | IFLScience

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News & Links

Jun 19Jun 19

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKIceberg Bigger Than Las Vegas Breaks Off From Antarctic Ice Shelf | IFLScience

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News & Links

Jun 16Jun 16

Posted by 1patriot

Ruins of an ancient civilization scattered throughout Antarctica" Nothing to see there..... is it real? What about The Scott-Expedition? Xandrewx-main web page: Happy Fathers day......

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Health & Happiness

Mar 20Mar 20

Posted by snytiger6

LINK6 Ways the Food Industry Tricks You Into Eating Garbage - The Spit Take - YouTube

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General & Hellos

Mar 2Mar 2

Posted by snytiger6

It is hard to free fools from ...

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I don't give a fuck

Nov 26, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by 1patriot

New Modelling Gives Lower Predictions on Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest block of ice on Earth, containing over 30 million cubic kilometres of water. Australian scientists decided to build an accurate model for how ...

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News & Links

Oct 13, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by 1patriot

CONFIRMED: Mexican cartels are now INSIDE the U.S. forming gangs and SNIPER NESTS to take out Americans Soon it will all be readily apparent to everyone, but right now most Americans are too busy TikToking and gorging themselves on ...

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Health & Happiness

May 17, 2023May 2023

Posted by FvckY0u

Surrender? I fucking love Dr. Orloff, she's the shit in my book. What did I surrender to? Being an ignorant fool. Yes, I'm an ignorant fool and I'm not ashamed of it, I embrace it. There's not a human being alive that is more of an ignorant fool...

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Posts

May 2, 2023May 2023

Posted by OldGoat43

INTERNATIONAL CANNABIS NEWS5/2/2023 Luxembourg officials unveiled a marijuana legalization pilot program report, though formal legislation will not be introduced until next session following a European Union Commission review. ...

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Posts

Apr 7, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by zeuser

Even fascists like to have a little fun, you know?

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General & Hellos

Mar 11, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Jolanta

Antarctica. It is melting.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Feb 23, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Beowulfsfriend

"Forever Chemicals" found in animals on every continent except Antarctica.

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Health & Happiness

Feb 21, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Jolanta

Well tomorrow I am off on my holiday. South America, Antarctica and Europe.

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Quotes

Jan 23, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Fernapple

"In old age, we all regret not having killed laziness in ourselves." Epicurus.

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General & Hellos

Nov 27, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by BBJong

Watching a documentary on Antarctica it was mentioned that there is a CHAPPLE ( religion ) building located there. Why waste the space/ is there a " preacher- reverend- pastor " ?/ who determines what goes on there? Since no country has ...

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Freedom from Religion Foundation

Nov 21, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by Robecology

A Freedom From Religion post on Twitter...sharing with you this Monday! Have a pleasant week!

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Posts

Sep 17, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by glennlab

Notice how interested he seems.

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Jul 27, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by phxbillcee

PBS NewsHour - Scientists measure how quickly crucial Antarctica glacier is melting

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Mar 29, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by JoeB

Musivavis amabilis: A new species of Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of northeastern China. The Enantiornithines are the most diverse group of Cretaceous Birds known, with more than 50 ...

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News & Links

Mar 20, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKArctic, Antarctica See Freakish Extreme Heat At Same Time | HuffPost Impact

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News & Links

Mar 9, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by FearlessFly

Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found off coast of Antarctica Expedition team locates wreckage of explorer’s ship which sank in Weddell Sea in 1915

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 15, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by RichCC

LINKOne wrong word by Phoenix priest invalidates decades of baptisms | Arizona News | azfamily.com

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 20, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by SpikeTalon

Noah's Ark has not nor ever will be found, because it never physically existed... In this world there are things that seem on the verge of being discovered every so often, yet never quite materialize. The "Lost City" of Atlantis, for example, has ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 14, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by nicestuff

An icefish colony discovered in Antarctica is world's largest fish breeding ground

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COVID-19

Dec 31, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by Beowulfsfriend

Omicron has now hit ALL continents. Belgium Antarctic team has it. Open SmartNews and read "Antarctica: Vaccinated polar researchers hit by Omicron outbreak miles from civilisation" here: To read it on the web, tap here: ...

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Dec 26, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

“Doomsday Glacier” Threat: Rapid Retreat of Antarctica’s Riskiest Glacier

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Posts

Dec 8, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Antarctica was once a rainforest. Could it be again? The coldest continent on Earth used to be as warm as Italy. Here’s how we know.

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Dec 7, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Antarctica Eclipsed: Moon Blots Out the Sun in Stunning Space Photo of the Total Solar Eclipse

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Sep 11, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by JoeB

A Rhamphorhynchine Pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Chile. Pterosaurs first appeared in the Late Triassic, and persisted until the End of the Cretaceous. They are thought to have had a worldwide distribution for much...

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COVID CULT

Aug 25, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Wildgreens

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Aug 14, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

A Frozen Graveyard: The Sad Tales of Antarctica’s Deaths Beneath layers of snow and ice on the world’s coldest continent, there may be hundreds of people buried forever. Martha Henriques investigates their stories.

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This Day In History

Aug 4, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Marionville

4th August 1821…Russian Antarctic Expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen returns to Kronshtadt after becoming the first to circumnavigate Antarctica.

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News & Links

Jul 8, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by FearlessFly

India discovers new plant species in Antarctica

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Jul 5, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Journey to Antarctica: Is This What a Climate Catastrophe Looks Like in Real Time? Scientists aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer watched a 25-mile-wide section of ice crumble into the sea.

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Singles/Mingle/Chat

May 21, 2021May 2021

Posted by bobwjr

LINKWorld's largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica - CNN

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Earth Preservers

May 18, 2021May 2021

Posted by BirdMan1

Antarctica!:

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Trump Pinata

May 13, 2021May 2021

Posted by Mofo1953

Rant: I have always considered myself very lucky to have had a job that allowed me to travel all over the world. The only continent I never set my foot on was Antarctica. And I therefore have friends all over the world which I constantly communicate ...

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Posts

May 10, 2021May 2021

Posted by glennlab

Confusion, thy name is Antarctica

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Academic (e.g., Science)

May 5, 2021May 2021

Posted by Larimar

Vaccine tweak combats variants

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Mar 31, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Fiery 'airburst' of superheated gas slammed into Antarctica 430,000 years ago

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Music Fans

Mar 22, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by Sierra4

I am very partial to the pop music of the early 60’s when I was an early teen. 😁 The Tymes from 1963.

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Mar 11, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

PBS Eons When Antarctica Was Green

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General & Hellos

Mar 9, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by Marionville

Amazingly Lucky Escape! Watch as this Gentoo Penguin manages to escape from a pod of hungry Orca (Killer) Whales in Antarctica, by jumping into a boat full of tourists...quite amazing footage!

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Posts

Feb 27, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by kmaz

I have seen stories say that this has nothing to do with global warming. In the meantime, whether that claim is correct or not, it's quite a development for those of us who try to follow this sort of thing in nature, so noting it. A huge ...

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Environment, Ecology and Sustainability

Feb 27, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by kmaz

I have seen stories say that this has nothing to do with global warming. In the meantime, whether that claim is correct or not, it's quite a development for those of us who try to follow this sort of thing in nature, so noting it. A huge ...

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Liberals Who Don't Hate Each Other

Feb 20, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by genessa

darn those pesky windmills, causing cancer, killing birds and freezing up in texas while they stubbornly do none of those things anywhere else in the world, including antarctica, where they work just fine all year round. darn thse unsympathetic ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Feb 16, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by bobwjr

LINKNew Lifeforms Found Deep Beneath Antarctica Are "Breaking All the Rules" | IFLScience

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Posts

Feb 3, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by snytiger6

What's the big deal?...

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General & Hellos

Dec 24, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by bobwjr

LINKAntarctica Covid-19: Virus is now on every continent as Antarctica records its first outbreak - CNN

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Dec 20, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB

Eoconstrictor fischeri: A Booid Snake from the Middle Eocene Messel Shale of Germany. Snakes of the clade Boidae (Boas, Anacondas, Emerald Boas) are arguably among the most charismatic species of living Reptiles. They ...

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Environmental science/Ecology/Demography

Dec 18, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Robecology

Antarctic glacier ice melt could mean sudden rise of ocean levels. The "Thwaites glacier, along with the Pine Island Glacier and a number of smaller glaciers in Antarctica, acts as a brake on part of the much larger West Antarctic Ice Sheet. ...

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Dec 15, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by bobwjr

LINK66-Million-Year-Old “Deflated” Football-Sized Egg Discovered In Antarctica | IFLScience

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Dec 1, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB

'Giant' Pelagornithid Birds from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica. Bony-toothed Birds (Odontopterygiformes: Pelagornithidae) are an extinct clade of large, pelagic, volant Birds with a fossil record spanning ...

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This Day In History

Nov 12, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Marionville

12th November 1912...British explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s diary and body found in Antarctica.

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Nov 10, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB

Vertebrate fossils from the Late Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica. The Southern Hemisphere biota has been profoundly influenced by Mesozoic-Cainozoic continental breakup and climatic change. Before its ...

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Oct 7, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB

Evidence of seasonal torpor in an Early Triassic Antarctic Lystrosaurus. Antarctica is today the coldest and driest continent with extreme variation in light availability throughout the year, restricting vertebrate life...

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Oct 2, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Word

First I have ever heard about Antarctica.

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General & Hellos

Aug 30, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by MissKathleen

DNA test results

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Aug 9, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by FearlessFly

Throng of new penguin colonies in Antarctica spotted from space

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Trump Pinata

Jul 16, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn

ABC Mary Trump Interview TRanscript: Video:

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WTF

Jun 6, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by SenorRotten

!@$%^&()

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Politics

Jun 6, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by DavidDuhon

Was just thinking on a common thread with both religion and police budgets. Only now are we able to challenge either, and it is still the third rail for any politicians to either want to constrain police and military spending or to not be a ...

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Apr 25, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by t1nick

The first frog fossil from Antarctica has been found An ancient amphibian sheds light on when the continent iced over Seymour Island landscape A 40-million-year-old frog fossil from Seymour Island (pictured) near the Antarctic Peninsula is the ...

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Apr 24, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by whiskywoman

whats under Antarctica

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 3, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Archeus_Lore

“Je ne sais pas ce que c’est que la vie éternelle, mais celle-ci est une mauvaise plaisanterie.” . "I do not know what eternal life is but this one is a bad joke " . Voltaire

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Apr 2, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by FearlessFly

Evidence of ancient rainforests found in Antarctica

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Quotes

Mar 28, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by OnTheInside

"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform ...

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General & Hellos

Mar 21, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Davesnothere

Come see Antarctica! The Only Corona Free zone on Earth!"

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Feline Fanatics

Mar 21, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by genessa

omg we had the worst adventure just now. richard and i were playing our version of trivial pursuit, which consists of his reading me all the questions and my trying to come up with the answers, no board, no dice, no pieces, just the questions, ...

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Mar 16, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Dhiltong

Antarctica: What Happens if the Doomsday Glacier Collapses?

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Trump Pinata

Mar 16, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by BirdMan1

The Anti-Trump Ad Perfect:

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Music Fans

Feb 21, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by FrostyJim

Tribeca Film Festival Sets ‘Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President’ For Opening Night

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News & Links

Feb 13, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by of-the-mountain

Are we too far pass the tipping point, a point of no return? Antarctica surpasses 69 degrees Fahrenheit in January for the first time ever according to NOAA!

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Singles/Mingle/Chat

Feb 8, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by WonderWartHog99

Cryosphere (Noun) The cryosphere is the frozen water part of the Earth system. Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska. One part of the cryosphere is ice that is found in water. This includes frozen parts of the ocean, such as waters surrounding Antarctica ...

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Feb 8, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by WonderWartHog99

Cryosphere (Noun) The cryosphere is the frozen water part of the Earth system. Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska. One part of the cryosphere is ice that is found in water. This includes frozen parts of the ocean, such as waters surrounding Antarctica ...

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The Watering hole

Feb 8, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by WonderWartHog99

Cryosphere (N) The cryosphere is the frozen water part of the Earth system. Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska. One part of the cryosphere is ice that is found in water. This includes frozen parts of the ocean, such as waters surrounding Antarctica and ...

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Climate Delta Musings

Feb 7, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by MojoDave

From CNN: Antarctica just registered its hottest temperature ever

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News & Links

Feb 7, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by snytiger6

LINKClimate change: Antarctica just registered its hottest temperature ever recorded - CNN

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News & Links

Jan 28, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by FearlessFly

Antarctica melting: Climate change and the journey to the 'doomsday glacier'

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 15, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Afastgent

LINKStrange particles found in Antarctica cannot be explained by physics | New Scientist

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Dec 17, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by Dhiltong

How Antarctica Froze Over

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Trump Pinata

Dec 7, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by BirdMan1

"I love the uneducted!" In “Understanding Ignorance- The Surprising Impact of What We Don’t Know,” by Prof. Daniel R. DeNicola, of Gettysburg College, and, by page 17, he has already pointed to how “This culture (of ignorance) discounts the ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 5, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by FearlessFly

Scientists’ brains shrank a bit after an extended stay in Antarctica

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Earth Preservers

Nov 17, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by kmaz

When will GRACE-FO data on land-ice mass changes at Antarctica and Greenland be displayed for non-scientists? We can see here that it has been nearly 2.5 years since there has been an update at this page: Yet, it has been ...

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Oct 4, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Dhiltong

When Antarctica Was Green

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Silly, Random & Fun

Oct 2, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by SeaGreenEyez

LINKAirbnb Wants to Send You on a Month-Long Antarctica Sabbatical

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Oct 1, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by callmedubious

"Giant iceberg the size of Sydney breaks away in Antarctica - but not due to climate change" "will not directly affect sea level because the ice shelf was already floating, much like an ice cube in a glass of water". not all ...

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General & Hellos

Sep 23, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by bobwjr

LINKScientists Discovered Mysterious Creature Below Antarctica - Nerdist

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Photography

Sep 13, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Heidi68

We went to dinner in Swansboro, NC again last night. It was a beautiful evening so we sat on the deck. Boy, what a treat! Mother Nature sure knows how to put on a show. Beautiful sunset & a big beautiful moon rise.

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