Dozens of relatives wait at a military base in Chile’s capital for information on a Chilean Air Force plane that went missing with 38 people aboard, after departing from the southern city of Punta Arenas en route to Chile’s Antarctic base of Eduardo Frei. IMAGES
Videographic looking at the importance of ice shelves. The polar ice caps are shrinking as the climate warms, leading to rising sea levels. Scientists say meltwater flowing into the oceans from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could boost extreme weather and destabilise regional climate within a matter of decades.VIDEOGRAPHICS
Videographic illustrating melting ice caps. The polar ice caps are shrinking as the climate warms, leading to rising sea levels. Scientists say meltwater flowing into the oceans from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could boost extreme weather and destabilise regional climate within a matter of decades.VIDEOGRAPHICS
Iconic conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall hopes nature movies will inspire viewers to say, “We must preserve this,” and “Penguins” directors reveal why the Antarctic is important, even if most people will never visit there. (April 16)
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Two baby Adelie penguins, born in late December, make their public debut this week , after the Guadalajara Zoo painstakingly recreate an Antarctic environment.
Videographic looking at the importance of ice shelves. The polar ice caps are shrinking as the climate warms, leading to rising sea levels. Scientists say meltwater flowing into the oceans from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could boost extreme weather and destabilise regional climate within a matter of decades.VIDEOGRAPHICS
A study shows that Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets will continue to shrink this century, even if warming is limited to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.Videographic looking at the importance of ice shelves. VIDEOGRAPHICS
(26 Dec 2018) Japan announced Wednesday that it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts for the animals for the first time in 30 years, but said it would no longer go to the Antarctic for its much-criticized annual killings. (Dec. 26)
A study shows that Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets will continue to shrink this century, even if warming is limited to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.Videographic looking at the importance of ice shelves. VIDEOGRAPHIC
Videographic looking at the importance of ice shelves. A study shows that Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets will continue to shrink this century, even if warming is limited to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.VIDEOGRAPHIC
A thriving hotspot of some 1.5 million Adelie penguins has been discovered on the remote Danger Islands in the east Antarctic, surprised scientists announced Friday.
Here’s the latest for Friday January 19th: President Donald Trump and Senate Dem Leader Chuck Schumer met to avert shutdown; Trump spoke to anti-abortion activists; Las Vegas gunman searched online for SWAT tactics; Penguins visit Antarctic researchers. (Jan.19)
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The European Union and 12 other nations condemned Japan’s Antarctic whaling programme Monday, rejecting Tokyo’s argument that the annual slaughter is for scientific research.VIDEOGRAPHIC
Japanese whaling vessels left port Thursday for an annual hunting voyage in the Antarctic, this time to kill 333 minke whales, despite international calls to stop the practice. Japan is a signatory to the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) moratorium on hunting, but exploits a loophole that allows whales to be killed in the name of scientific research.VIDEOGRAPHIC
Antarctic researchers welcome the winter solstice with an exhilarating plunge into icy waters as they look forward to brighter days after weeks of darkness.
An expanse of ice roughly the size of Delaware is close to breaking off from the warming Antarctic ice shelf to form one of the world’s largest-ever icebergs, scientists said Thursday.VIDEOGRAPHIC
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Japan’s obsession with cutesy culture has taken a dark turn, with schoolgirls now offering themselves for “walking dates” with adult men. Last year the US State Department, in its annual report on human trafficking, flagged so-called joshi-kosei osanpo dates (that’s Japanese for “high school walking”) as fronts for commercial sex run by sophisticated criminal networks.
In our exclusive investigation, VICE News host Simon Ostrovsky will bring you to one of Tokyo’s busiest neighborhoods, where girls solicit clients in their school uniforms, to a concert performed by a band of schoolgirls attended by adult men, and into a café, where teenage girls are available to hire by the hour. But the true revelations come behind closed doors, when schoolgirls involved in the rent-a-date industry reveal how they’ve been coerced into prostitution.
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Japan’s obsession with cutesy culture has taken a dark turn, with schoolgirls now offering themselves for “walking dates” with adult men. Last year the US State Department, in its annual report on human trafficking, flagged so-called joshi-kosei osanpo dates (that’s Japanese for “high school walking”) as fronts for commercial sex run by sophisticated criminal networks.
In our exclusive investigation, VICE News host Simon Ostrovsky will bring you to one of Tokyo’s busiest neighborhoods, where girls solicit clients in their school uniforms, to a concert performed by a band of schoolgirls attended by adult men, and into a café, where teenage girls are available to hire by the hour. But the true revelations come behind closed doors, when schoolgirls involved in the rent-a-date industry reveal how they’ve been coerced into prostitution.
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The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Georgia upset over ‘strategic partnership’ deal struck between Russia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia, maternity ward equipped to operate despite shelling in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, first 3D map of Antarctic sea ice could help scientists better understand climate change, and Syrian state TV channel claims it broke world record for longest live talk show.
GEORGIA
Russia-Abkhazia Deal Sparks Suspicions of Moscow’s Intentions
Georgia’s foreign minister says the Kremlin is looking to annex the breakaway region as it did with Crimea.
UKRAINE
Maternity Ward Fitted to Withstand Shelling in Donetsk
Underground cellar equipped with cots and ventilators for newborns should the hospital come under attack.
ANTARCTICA
3D Map Could Improve Understanding of Climate Change
Scientists found that not only is the region’s sea ice expanding, it is far thicker than previously thought. They believe measuring ice depth could help them create more accurate models of global warming.
SYRIA
Guinness World Record or Publicity Stunt?
State-owned TV channel claims it beat record for longest live talk show, and that despite the war life goes on for the Syrian people.
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Al Shabaab gunmen massacre at least 48 people in coastal Kenyan town, Spanish police arrest eight men accused of recruiting ISIS fighters, India opens first crisis center for female rape and abuse victims, and Japanese whalers complete first hunt since an earlier ruling on its legality.
KENYA
Dozens Killed in Suspected Al Shabaab Attack on Coastal Town
Some of the victims were shop owners and patrons gathered to watch a World Cup match.
SPAIN
Police Arrest Alleged ISIS Recruiters
One of the men is a former Guantanamo Bay prison detainee.
INDIA
First Women’s Crisis Center Opens
The facility will provide medical and legal assistance to victims of rape, domestic abuse, and others.
JAPAN
First Hunt Since UN Court Ruling on Whaling Legality
The International Court of Justice’s March decision only forbade Japan from whaling in the Antarctic region.
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: scientists warn global warming is causing the ‘irreversible’ and unstoppable melting of Antarctic glaciers, Syrian activists capture an aerial attack on a Damascus suburb, the UN chief calls for a special tribunal to look into possible crimes against humanity in Sudan and names the first-ever female head of a peacekeeping mission.
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ANTARCTICA
Studies Suggest ‘Irreversible’ Melting of Glacier System
Sea levels could rise more than 10 feet in the next few centuries.
SYRIA
Activists Post Dramatic Footage of Aerial Attack
Government forces drop barrel bombs on a Damascus suburb.
SOUTH SUDAN
UN Calls for Tribunal to Investigate Crimes Against Humanity
Ban Ki-Moon says both government and rebel forces have committed atrocities since December.