The Pachamama Band, also known to a few as the Schwoerer family singers, are all members of one Swiss family that has been living at sea for the past sixteen years. They’ve been sailing around the world in a boat called Pachamama, educating people about climate change and re-strengthening humanity’s relationship with nature.
"Antarctica"
What Would Happen If We Burned Up All Of Earth’s Fossil Fuels?
Scientists used an estimate of how much fossil fuel is left in the ground to do computer simulations and come up with a worst-case scenario.
Carbon-Sensing Satellite Prepares For Second Launch
NASA is preparing to launch a satellite capable of monitoring carbon dioxide emissions from space. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) will be the first spacecraft dedicated to seeing the greenhouse gas from orbit, and could pave the way for new technology to enforce future global warming treaties.
U.S. Icebreaker On The Way To Rescue Ships Trapped In Antarctic
A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker is sailing to Antarctica to rescue more than 120 crew members still aboard two ships trapped in the frozen continent.
VIDEO: Stranded Passengers Flown To Safety In Antarctic
After more than a week aboard a ship stuck in ice off Antarctica, 52 scientists and paying passengers from the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy are either aboard or headed to an Australian icebreaker that will now take them to warmer waters.
Singing, Stomping, Stranded Explorers Prep Antarctic Helipad
The news Tuesday morning from the stranded ship in the Antarctic is that it’s looking more and more as though icebreakers won’t be able to reach the MV Akademik Shokalskiy, so the passengers and some of the crew are preparing to be plucked off the ice by helicopter.
Lost Images Come To Life A Century After Antarctic Expedition
Conservators working to preserve artifacts from the early days of Antarctic exploration have uncovered century-old black-and-white negatives taken during Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-1917 expedition but never printed.
‘Ferrari Of Space’ Crashes And Burns In Earth’s Atmosphere
More than a ton of advanced electronics, including an ion engine and sensors that help detect variations in gravity, crashed into Earth’s atmosphere Sunday night, when the European GOCE satellite ended its four-year mission.
Shutdown Forces Antarctic Research Into ‘Caretaker Status’
Scientists who do research in Antarctica have been on pins and needles, worried that the government shutdown would effectively cancel all of their planned field work this year.
How the Coast Guard’s ice breaker crushes through 21 feet of solid ice
The Arctic ice cap reached a new low in September 2012. In just six months last year, 4.5 million square miles of Arctic Ocean ice melted, according to a report by the United Nations. While that may be hard to imagine, the commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star says Arctic ice…