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United States

Opinion | Trump’s Maga ambition may be more audacious than we think

Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South superpower.

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Climate change

Opinion | Asia is ground zero for the impact of global glacier loss

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Space

‘Blood Moon’ to bathe Earth with red light in total lunar eclipse

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Science

Ancient DNA helps reconstruct penguin history from the Stone Age to the present

Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 years ago.

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Adélie penguins. Photo: Jamie Wood
Environment

Iceberg twice the size of Greater London runs aground off Antarctica

A23a, the world’s biggest and oldest iceberg, is stuck near the island of South Georgia.

Tourism

How Antarctica travel is changing – from science expeditions to TikTok tourism

Glistening icebergs. Adorable penguins. Majestic fiords. Antarctica’s growing popularity with tourists is being fuelled by social media.

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Science

China launches icebreaker to help forge path in research and Arctic influence

In announcing Tan Suo San Hao launch, state media says its Chinese engineers broke through foreign-controlled technological bottlenecks.

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China says its Tan Suo San Hao (Explorer Three) icebreaker is its first capable of scientific and archaeological research in deep and distant seas. Photo: CCTV

Video | China icebreaker drops off supplies

Chinese icebreaker drops off supplies in Antarctica after ship spends 2 months at sea

Science

China opens its first atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica

Data from the station will ‘support the global response to climate change’, according to China Meteorological Administration.

Australia

Penguin ‘Gus’ released at sea 20 days after waddling onto Australian beach

The bird – who soon loved seeing his reflection in a mirror – was found, very undernourished, on sand dunes 3,500km north of the Antarctic coast.

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A male emperor penguin dubbed Gus, shortly before being released back into the ocean off the coast of Western Australia. Photo: via AP
Australia

First emperor penguin known to reach Australia found on tourist beach

Adult male was found on a popular tourist beach in temperate southwest Australia – about 3,500km north of its Antarctic home’s icy waters.

A lost emperor penguin, found on a beach in Western Australia earlier this month, is now being cared for at a rehabilitation centre. Photo: Miles Brotherson and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions / TNS
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong college helps design device included in national Antarctic expedition

Hong Kong College of Technology collaborates with mainland automotive research institute to develop system for piece of equipment dubbed Xuexiao 2.

China’s coastguard

US coastguard eyes China, Russia in making Indo-Pacific a ‘top’ priority

Geostrategic importance and criticality to global trade cited amid ‘active’ cooperation this year between Beijing and Moscow in Arctic Ocean.

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TV shows and streaming video

Discovery of explorer Shackleton’s ship Endurance in Nat Geo documentary

Film tells 2 remarkable stories, of how wreck was found 3km underwater in the Antarctic and Shackleton’s 1916 escape from the icebound ship.

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The wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, which until 2022 had not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915. A new documentary recounts its discovery and Shackleton’s doomed expedition and escape to safety. Photo: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust via PA Media/dpa
Science

China plans to send crewed submersible to bottom of Arctic seabed

The country announced a new exploration vessel as part of its growing presence in polar regions.

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The submersible will be launched from the polar research shipTan Suo San Hao (Explorer Three). Photo: CCTV
Iceland

Police in Iceland call off search at ice cave collapse that killed 1 man, saying no one is missing

A group of 23 foreign tourists were on an organised tour of the glacier Breidamerkurjokull with a guide when the cave collapsed on Sunday.

Science

Chinese-led study finds uneven polar ice melt could cause global disruption

Ice sheets and sea ice are melting faster in Northern Hemisphere than Southern Hemisphere, which could trigger another climate event: paper.

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Style Edit

Style Edit: How Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative champions marine protection

Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative supports Australian marine biologist Ben Fitzpatrick in his quest to keep Ningaloo Coast and Exmouth Gulf safe from development

The Ningaloo Reef ecosystem is listed as an Unesco World Heritage site. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative supports Australian marine biologist Ben Fitzpatrick in his quest to keep Ningaloo Coast and Exmouth Gulf safe from development. Photos: Handout
US-China relations

Ice Pact: US, Canada and Finland sign shipbuilding deal in challenge to China

Trilateral agreement announced at the Nato summit will see collaboration on the building of polar icebreakers.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Exclusive | What is Milei’s China agenda? Argentina’s envoy on trade, space and Global South

Buenos Aires’ Beijing ambassador, Marcelo Suarez Salvia, says the two countries are navigating towards ‘promising horizon’ of opportunities.

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Science

Chinese scientists find diehard moss that might survive and thrive on Mars

Researchers in China say a small desert plant that can be revived after years in freezing, dry conditions may become a pioneer species in space.

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A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that a desert moss species could withstand the harsh conditions of the Martian environment. Photo: Handout
Science

China’s expanding icebreaker fleet welcomes Jidi, its newest member

The country’s four icebreakers have made year-round scientific expeditions to the geopolitically important polar regions possible.

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China’s newest polar research icebreaker Jidi will be “beneficial” to the development of China’s polar, deep-sea and long-distance marine science and technology, an expert said. Photo: CCTV
Canada

British explorer Shackleton’s last ship found off Canada coast

Ernest Shackleton died on the Quest on his final expedition to Antarctica, though the vessel remained in use until it sank in the 1960s.

Science

Chinese drone completes world’s first delivery on Mount Everest

DJI’s FlyCart 30 could ‘revolutionise’ mountaineering logistics and safety, while reducing garbage, but the tech company faces an uphill climb in US Congress.

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Asian cinema: Chinese films

Review | Woof Woof Daddy: Aaron Kwok plays a reincarnated mutt in doggy mess

Aaron Kwok plays a father who works in a factory and moonlights as a rock star, and is killed in a traffic accident. After 24 years, he comes back as a dog in this awful comedy with no redeeming features.

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Aaron Kwok in a still from Woof Woof Daddy.
Science

China raises stakes in SpaceX internet rivalry, claims higher orbit for SkyNet

Developer CASC said initial satellite in the ambitious broadband constellation was sent 20,000km above the Earth where it will test core technologies.

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A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Smart SkyNet-1 01 satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan province on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
CUHK’s global climate conference

The Chinese University of Hong Kong leads climate-centric academic activities to align with Xue Long 2’s first Hong Kong visit

CUHK was the only academic partner invited to co-organise activities to mark the visit by the Chinese-made icebreaker after the successful completion of China’s 40th Antarctic scientific expedition.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Xue Long 2 visit clears way for Hongkongers to join national missions: experts

Scientists buoyed after pledge by mainland Chinese officials that Hongkongers will be able to join future polar research missions.

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