He was the leading pilot of his time, just missing the headlines and fame of having been the first to claim a trans-Atlantic flight, due to engine troubles; Charles Lindbergs name is now etched in history instead. Small mobile animals such as shrimp and crustaceans called sea fleas have been seen before beneath ice shelves, but no one expected to see stationary animals like these. But theres a lot of work ahead before. We had a period of about ten years where the data hadnt been reduced and doing it manually was quite time consuming. Solomon, S., Mount, G. H., Sanders, R. W. & Schmeltekopf, A. L. J. Geophys. Its important to understand these currents, says Stevens, because if we get the circulation wrong, then were getting the melting wrong., The new project could also cast light on some lingering suspicionsthat even though the Ross Ice Shelf seems stable today, it has actually undergone some dramatic collapses in the recent past. The research explores why this hole appears in only some years, and what role it could play in the larger ocean circulation. Police said the pilot, whose identity has not been released, was rushed to Regional One in non-critical condition, hit in the back near his right shoulder. Ethan Campbell (right) and Stephen Riser (second from left) view one of the SOCCOM monitoring instruments built at the UW and then released in the Southern Ocean, with UW alumnus Chanelle Cadot (far left), now at NOAA, and UW graduate student Rosalind Echols (second from right).Dennis Wise/University of Washington. Lett. What is wind chill, and how does it affect your body? Nature, international weekly journal of science. This flow, in turn, can change the currents in the Southern Ocean and potentially affect ocean circulation worldwide. Cryptic lost Canaanite language decoded on 'Rosetta Stone'-like tablets, The ultimate action-packed science and technology magazine bursting with exciting information about the universe, Subscribe today and save an extra 5% with checkout code 'LOVE5', Engaging articles, amazing illustrations & exclusive interviews, Issues delivered straight to your door or device. A year and a half ago, in the middle of the Antarctic winter, satellite images of the frozen continent revealed something wild: a gaping hole in the middle of Antarticas sea ice that spanned thousands of square miles. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. A polynya, a Russian word that roughly means hole in the ice, can form near shore as wind pushes the ice around. Article A ski-mounted Twin Otter aircraft ferried them 220 miles from the nearest base, landing near the middle of the Ross Ice Shelfthe massive slab of ice and snow, as flat and empty as a prairie, that hangs off the coastline of West Antarctica and floats on the ocean. ICESat, however, collected data for only six years. 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You can also search for this author in PubMed The last time I was at Rothera, we couldnt do that because the ice level had dropped so much that the water just spilled out into the sea and Ive seen the glaciers retreating, slowly, admittedly, but I can see that theyre going back and yes, change is very obvious along the Antarctic Peninsula. In 1985, Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin reported1 unanticipated and large decreases in stratospheric ozone levels over the Antarctic stations of Halley and Faraday. "[The size of] a cavity under a glacier plays an important role in melting," said Pietro Milillo of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Earths protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says. The ice holeknown as a polynya in the parlance of sea ice researcherswas likely caused by a powerful cyclone that spun up in Antarcticas Weddell sea before migrating eastward into the Lazarev sea in mid-September 2017, according to research published Wednesday in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Soc. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - A FedEx pilot was shot in the middle of the night while asleep in bed, WMC confirmed. (Learn about the Maine-size hole in Antarctica.). Chem. The only things you would expect to find are things that can wander around and find food, he said. They collaborated in going public with the tales regarding the Roswell accident and the internal planet; some believe Admiral Forrestal was assassinated and within a couple of weeks of Byrds self-imposed expatriation, he was likewise dying; his journal was leaked after his death. Some of the Special Reports available at the Those floating shelves provide a buttress; they are holding back a very big amount of ice, says Craig Stevens, an oceanographer from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand, who participated in the expedition. We have judged it a solved problem even though scientists dont actually expect it to go away for another 80-100 years. In an age of human-caused climate change, thats a valuable insight, because rising temperatures could alter the frequency or intensity of polar cyclones, potentially affecting the occurrence of these polynyas and, in turn, global ocean circulation. WebHowever, The Andy Griffith Show did explain Opies mothers absence in the shows backdoor pilot. Will this ever be confirmed, given the iron grip on exploration now exercised by governments? Antarctica is ringed with more than half a million square miles of ice shelves the Filchner-Ronne is one of the largest, covering more than 160,000 square miles but boreholes have revealed an area of seafloor beneath them only the size of a tennis court. the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Boom look at it. This particular spot far from the Antarctic coast often has small openings and has seen large polynyas before. Molina, M. J. Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter what matters in science, free to your inbox daily. Byrd was an heroic figure, lauded worldwide as an American pilot, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. His hosts informed him that he had actually been allowed to enter Agartha (their term for the hollow earth) because of his high moral and ethical status. All rights reserved. The lakes beneath the Mercer and Whillans ice stream boundary are currently undergoing their third period of drainage in 17 years. Watch: Scientists from New Zealand peer beneath the ice. (See what would happen if all the worlds ice melted.). Thankfully, they'll all miss. So, the legacy of the ozone hole story was that effective environmental action can be taken at the international level to resolve global environmental problems. The surprises began almost as soon as a camera was lowered into the first borehole, around December 1. It really is, especially dealing with the youth. "The only thing we saw going over this camp was a very large hole going into the ice. Youve got so much crime going on. Fricker's breakthrough opened up the possibility of tracking the lake system over time. Ocean measurements were also collected by seals swimming under the sea ice with temporary satellite tags, showing normal water conditions in the years that did not have large polynyas.Dan Costa/University of California, Santa Cruz, This study shows that this polynya is actually caused by a number of factors that all have to line up for it to happen, said co-author Stephen Riser, a UW professor of oceanography. First Steps to Recovery. It's thought both types of stationary animals are types of sponges or are related to sponges, but scientists did not expect to find them beneath the ice shelf, in pitch-blackness and hundreds of miles from the coast. He allegedly made the bizarre sightings between 1983 and 1997 when he was stationed with the Antarctic Development Squadron. A student lowered his camera 93 meters into the ground in Antarctica while collecting ice that's estimated to be over two million years old. Youve been listening to the Nature PastCast, produced by Charlotte Stoddart and with contributions from Jonathan Shanklin, Richard Stolarski and historian Erik Conway. In an email to Mrs Howe, 75, he said: "Another unique issue with South Pole station is that our aircraft was not allowed to fly over a certain area designated five miles from the station. Like I said, its pilots. BREAKING:Blinken and Lavrov meet on G-20 sidelines in first meeting since Ukraine war began, Life finds a way, the actor Jeff Goldblum playing scientist Ian Malcolm declared in the 1993 movie Jurassic Park.. A National Geographic team has made the first ascent of the remote Mount Michael, looking for a lava lake in the volcanos crater. Other co-authors on the paper are Kent Moore at the University of Toronto, who was the 2016-17 Canada Fulbright Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies at the UW; Casey Brayton at the University of South Carolina; and Lynne Talley and Matthew Mazloff from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. Frieler, K. et al. All of a sudden, you look at it differently wow, we really can affect the planet as a whole. These hidden gems of frigid water are part of a vast network of ever-changing lakes hidden beneath 1.2 to 2.5 miles (2 to 4 kilometers) of ice on the southernmost continent. The 2021 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum area on Oct. 7 and ranks 13th largest since 1979. Some of the Special Reports available at the. The retired petty officer, 59, claimed to have been seen UFOs, aliens and a giant hole in the ice as he flew through a "no fly zone" in Antartica. Conspiracy theorist and journalist Linda Moulton Howe interviewed the whistleblower, named only as Brian, in a series of fascinating YouTube videos. You are forbidden to enter into a cave with an opening without a federal cave license or a government cavern expert with you. Broken glass was everywhere. These lakes fill and drain over and over again in largely mysterious cycles that may influence how fast the ice sheet moves and how and where meltwater reaches the Southern Ocean. Environment | News releases | Research | Science, The hole in the sea ice offshore of the Antarctic coast as seen by a NASA satellite on Sept. 25, 2017.NASA Worldview/NASA Blue Marble. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is up to 10,000 feet thick in some places. Once this water reaches the surface that carbon could be released. He went on to become the single greatest polar explorer of the century, a feat recognized by the American government when they awarded him the Medal Honor, the highest recognition of achievement for heroism in that country and the greatest military honor. In 1964, Dr. Raymond W. Bernard, was a leader of the Rosicrucians, who are members of a worldwide cabal, especially the Ancient Mystic Order, Rosae Crucis and the Rosicrucian Order, focused his research on old magical, philosophical, and religious teachings, concerned with the application of these doctrines to modern life. The new study was published July 7 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. A team of scientists from New Zealand began this two-month expedition in November. It likely collapsed during a warm period 400,000 years ago. Nature 557, 413417 (2018). U.S. News: Latest News, Breaking News, Today's News Stories Updat This is the first study to demonstrate that using e-cigarettes to vape e-liquids results in a unique inflammatory US Navy pilot tells of an Ancient Alien City found in Antarctica. Scientists will leave sensors in the hole to better understand the long-term changes in the ice, which may have big implications for global sea level. IE 11 is not supported. Recently, scientists discovered a weak spot in the ozone layer over Antarctica. Admiral Richard E. Byrd Encounter With A Lost Civilization in Antarctica On February 19, 1947, Admiral Richard E. Byrd left Base Camp Arctic and flew northward. What happened on that flight? For years rumors have persisted that on his historic flight to the North Pole, Admiral Byrd flew beyond the Pole into an opening leading inside the Earth. They also found that what was thought to be one lake under the MacAyeal ice stream was actually two. 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Res. The contention continues thatAdmiral Byrddid make a trip inside the North Pole entrance to the Hollow Earth in 1926. Changes in the ice surface of the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica reveal the rapid draining of a lake deep below in 2019. The hole was, in a word, enormous, and it prompted a raft of speculation as to what could have caused it. Meanwhile, the lakes beneath Academy Glacier drained between 2009 and 2018. Crutzen, P. J. Q. J. R. Meteorol. You had to learn how to find the right 9 track tape in a room full of tapes, and its really ironic to look at it today because the satellite was taking about 5 GB of data per year and at that time, when you said that, people were overwhelmingly impressed and now I think a lot of people probably run that through their smartphone every month. The ice holeknown as a polynya in the parlance of sea ice researcherswas likely caused by a powerful cyclone that spun up in Antarcticas The researchers think the cyclones winds pushed the ice outward from its center, creating a hole that would continue to expand over the days to come. In the interviews he made shocking claims about top-secret contact between humans and aliens. There is a great deal of variation in the density of stratospheric ozone it varies by season, it varies by latitude so there were claims of depletion but they werent widely accepted yet. You could fly one of our LC130 into this thing. Never was a problem. Who was this this man, widely considered the greatest polar explorer or the twentieth century, Admiral Richard Byrd? In January of 1956, Admiral Byrd led yet another expedition to the South Pole. Essentially its a flipping over of the entire ocean, rather than an injection of surface water on a one-way trip from the surface to the deep, said co-author Earle Wilson, who recently completed his doctorate in oceanography at the UW. We were looking for, at most, a few percent change in ozone and we werent necessarily looking in Antarctica. In other words, they knew them to be good and rigorous scientists, so the initial questioning of those scientists was, well, how could they get such results because what they had found was ozone concentrations are far lower than anyone had ever seen on Earth. Police said someone opened fire on the crash pad just after midnight. Brian said the hole was five to ten miles from the South Pole. My name is Richard Stolarksi, and Im a research scientist whos worked on ozone for many years. All this speculation begs the question: Just what happened with Admiral Byrd in the North Pole? 92, 83298338 (1987). 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ISSN 1476-4687 (online) Their data showed that, after about 20 years of fairly steady values, ozone levels began dropping in the austral spring months around the late 1970s (Fig. Scientists have peered into one of the least-explored swaths of ocean on Earth, a vast region located off the coast of West Antarctica. From pioneering the use of solar energy to helping to eradicating disease, here are just a few ways the 39th U.S. president has made the world a better place. Campbell was supported by the U.S. Department of Defense through the National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship program. At the Mercer and Whillans boundary, the researchers found two new lakes, which they dubbed the Lower Conway Subglacial Lake and the Lower Mercer Subglacial Lake. You cant go anywhere without getting your car broken into, said Munn, When is it going to stop? Atmos. It sits in a broad, low bowl that dips thousands of feet below sea levelmaking it vulnerable to deep, warm ocean currents that are already nipping at its outer edges. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. And once you do that, youve upset the cart, and the warm waters at the surface, and its gonna take months to cool enough to freeze over again, Holland explained. Muller, R.) Ch. For out-of-this-world news, sign up for the Spaced Out newsletter. At 12:10 a.m. Tuesday, one pilots crash pad became a crime scene. You have to remember that the ozone hole story was sort of simple and straightforward, and that CFCs had not been part of our economy for that long and they were not the same as carbon dioxide which is coming from our basic energy generation, so that the regulations that limited the CFCs could be handled by the economy quite easily. Under climate change, fresh water from melting glaciers and other sources will make the Southern Oceans surface layer less dense, which might mean fewer polynyas in the future. An armed contingent of 1,400 seafarers, and three dog sled teams were likewise aboard. Meanwhile, all of the lakes beneath the MacAyeal ice stream have followed their own patterns of draining and filling. Web6.1M views 2 years ago The Moon rotates around the Earth at about the same speed, as it does around its axis, thats why we can only see one side of it. The geologists were more than 150 miles from the open ocean when they bored a hole through the 3,000-foot-thick ice with a hot-water drill and lowered a coring device and a video camera into the dark seawater below it. NASA/AP. After drilling out the borehole, the scientists lowered a sediment corer and an attached video camera through the ice shelf. This time around, the New Zealand team installed instruments in one of their holes that will monitor ocean currents and water temperatures under the ice for the next two years or so, beaming that information home via satellite link. Next month, its back to the 1870s and the starring role of the gorilla in the quest to understand mans place in nature. A hole that appeared in 2016 and 2017 drew intense curiosity from scientists and reporters. "The reason stated because of a air sampling camp in that area. The Montreal Protocol, as its initially written, was a 50% reduction in production of chlorofluorocarbons it was not a ban. Reed Scherer made this discovery back in 1998 while studying mud that had been plucked from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, through another borehole, 100 miles inland from the back edge of the ice shelf. Hollow Earth Shop confirm the Nazi presence in Antarctica. Thats likely no accident. pic.twitter.com/BI3Ycq63VP Nature 321, 755758 (1986). As the lakes drain and fill, the ice above rises and falls, offering hints as to what's happening below. In 1977, researchers drilled through the ice shelf 300 miles in from its seaward edge (about 80 miles inland from the current holes), and in 2015 a team drilled through the back corner of the ice shelf, 500 miles in from its seaward edge. In a statement to WMC, FedEx said: Our thoughts remain focused on the well-being of our team member. Copyright 2023 WMC via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Some of those dead diatoms were only a few hundred thousand years old, leading Scherer to an astounding conclusion: this area, now covered by 3,000 feet of ice, had recently been open sea, bathed in life-sustaining sunlight that could support the diatoms growth. Internet Explorer). Video shows discovery of sea-sponges living nearly half a mile beneath Antarctica ice. Did you encounter any technical issues? Investigators said they found .223 caliber shell casings at the scene, the kind of bullets used in an AR-15 or other style rifle. Many models show that the winds circling Antarctica will become stronger and draw closer to the coast the new paper suggests this would encourage more polynyas to form, not fewer. It is not clear to me to this day who coined the term ozone hole and when and where it was done. All Rights Reserved. WebThere is a hole presumably allowing a very civilization to dwell inside the world. Navy Seal Reveals Secret Mission to Ancient Buried Structure in SOCCOM is funded by the National Science Foundation. And now, ozone in the news. 16th May 1985. Letters to Nature, p207. 2023 Cable News Network. He also claimed a group of scientists went missing for a week and returned refusing to speak about what they had seen. Only twice before have humans pierced the deep interior of the Ross Ice Shelf to study its underlying ocean. 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Analysis shows that when the surface ocean is especially salty, as seen throughout 2016, strong winter storms can set off an overturning circulation. In 2007, Scripps Institution of Oceanography glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker connected the elevation changes measured by ICESat to the dynamics of the lakes deep beneath the ice surface. There it is. But as the camera passed through the bottom of the hole, it showed the underside of the ice adorned with a glittering layer of flat ice crystalslike a jumble of snowflakesevidence that in this particular place, sea water is actually freezing onto the base of the ice instead of melting it. The harvesting of fish and plant life are also affected. The hole in the sea ice offshore of the Antarctic coast as seen by a NASA satellite on Sept. 25, 2017. 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