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Topic: South Pole

This March 20, 2024 sunset at the South Pole signaled the return of fall in the Southern Hemisphere, and six months of darkness for NOAA staff at the South Pole Observatory.

Sunset at the South Pole signals 6 months of darkness

April 4, 2024

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This March 20, 2024 sunset at the South Pole signaled the return of fall in the Southern Hemisphere, and six months of darkness for NOAA staff at the South Pole Observatory.

Measurements taken by NOAA scientists show carbon dioxide levels are now permanently above 400 parts per million — even at the South Pole, which is the last place on Earth to register the impacts of increasing emissions from fossil fuel consumption. This photo shows NOAA's South Pole Observatory in the distance.

Photo story: Flying north for the winter

March 1, 2024

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Measurements taken by NOAA scientists show carbon dioxide levels are now permanently above 400 parts per million — even at the South Pole, which is the last place on Earth to register the impacts of increasing emissions from fossil fuel consumption. This photo shows NOAA's South Pole Observatory in the distance.

The tiny Antarctic field camp at Cape Shirreff on a sunny day and bluish skies with tall, snowy Antarctic mountains in the background.

Sheltering science at the end of the Earth, part 3: Life outside of work

December 27, 2023

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The tiny Antarctic field camp at Cape Shirreff on a sunny day and bluish skies with tall, snowy Antarctic mountains in the background.

Two men working outside the original Seal Island field camp (red buildings in the distance) at Cape Shirreff, Antarctica. Off to the left are hundreds of penguins looking on.

Sheltering science at the end of the Earth, part 2: Tiny, but mighty

December 27, 2023

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Two men working outside the original Seal Island field camp (red buildings in the distance) at Cape Shirreff, Antarctica. Off to the left are hundreds of penguins looking on.

A black and white image of a tiny Antarctic field camp settled among huge, snow-covered mountains of Cape Shirreff.

Sheltering science at the end of the Earth: Part 1 of our three-part series

December 27, 2023

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A black and white image of a tiny Antarctic field camp settled among huge, snow-covered mountains of Cape Shirreff.

The rising sun marks the arrival of spring at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, September 18, 2023.

Photo feature: 'First bit of orange glow’ greets NOAA crew at South Pole

September 22, 2023

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The rising sun marks the arrival of spring at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, September 18, 2023.

Ozone hole and ozone concentration over Antarctica on October 7, 2021.

Path to ozone layer recovery reaches milestone

August 23, 2022

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Ozone hole and ozone concentration over Antarctica on October 7, 2021.

A NOAA ozonesonde -- an instrument used to help scientists monitor the Antarctic ozone hole -- ascends over the South Pole in this time-lapse photo taken October 21, 2020. Ideal weather conditions helped create a large, persistent ozone hole that will last into November 2020.

Large, deep Antarctic ozone hole to persist into November

October 30, 2020

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A NOAA ozonesonde -- an instrument used to help scientists monitor the Antarctic ozone hole -- ascends over the South Pole in this time-lapse photo taken October 21, 2020. Ideal weather conditions helped create a large, persistent ozone hole that will last into November 2020.

Early colors of a rising sun approach the horizon behind NOAA's Atmospheric Research Observatory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, September 8, 2018.

Photo feature: A ‘welcoming’ sun returns to the South Pole

September 28, 2018

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Early colors of a rising sun approach the horizon behind NOAA's Atmospheric Research Observatory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, September 8, 2018.

The sun goes down at the South Pole: The last light of autumn (March 20, 2018) bathes an array of flags from the 12 nations that were the original signatories on the 1959 Antarctic Treaty who pledged that they would pursue non-military, cooperative scientific research.

Featured photo: It’s lights out at the bottom of the world, for now

March 21, 2018

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The sun goes down at the South Pole: The last light of autumn (March 20, 2018) bathes an array of flags from the 12 nations that were the original signatories on the 1959 Antarctic Treaty who pledged that they would pursue non-military, cooperative scientific research.

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