The success of Jinan-1 points the way towards networks of quantum microsatellites, making secure global communication a real possibility.
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Knowing how many endemic species a place has is important because it can help improve conservation efforts.
The tilt of the Earth and your distance from the equator are just 2 reasons why summer’s not year-round.
New research reveals our understanding of dust’s role in the environment is far from settled.
This physical effect does explain how some massive natural phenomena like hurricanes behave. But on the scale of water in your sink – not so much.
Flu vaccines will soon be available. And this year, you can get your COVID shot at the same time.
The winter solstice is past, but bundle up – January is when winter really arrives in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Cape astronomers were responsible for, among other things, the first measurement of the distance to a star; the first photographic sky survey and the accurate measurement of the distance to the sun.
Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains belonging to an enormous ‘toothed’ bird that lived for a period of about 60 million years after dinosaurs.
The Southern Ocean, as artists have uncovered, is also a treasure trove of cultural narratives.
Astronomy on the continent has been given a much needed boost with Ghana’s converted radio telescope between it and South Africa, to conduct scientific observations.
The first signs that humans were warming the climate appeared much earlier in the northern hemisphere - way back in the 1830s. But now the trend is emerging all over the globe.
Climate and sea level changes over time have led to the disappearance of the true seals, although these mammals still exist in the Antarctic.
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Chief Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division and Professor of Climate Science, Australian National University
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Director, Ikigai Research, University of Tasmania
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Curator of Cenozoic Palaeontology, Research and Exhibitions, Iziko Museums of South Africa; Honorary Research associate Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Honorary Associate Professor of Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Manager of the Ghana Radio Telescope Observatory, Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute
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Professor, Environmental Futures & Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Associate Research Astronomer, South African Astronomical Observatory
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Associate Professor, English and Creative Writing, Adelaide University
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Professor in Climate Change Impacts, Cardiff University
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Doctoral Candidate, Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
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Personal Docente e Investigador, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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Catedrático de Universidad. Oceanógrafo Físico, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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Associate professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign