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Antarctica's tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and diseaseSoaring tourism to Antarctica, driven by climate change fears, raises concerns about contamination and damage to the fragile ecosystem. A r...
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Spain after permission granted to dock in Canary IslandsA luxury cruise ship, the MV Hondius, is en route to Spain's Canary Islands after a deadly hantavirus outbreak, which has claimed at least ...
What is deadly hantavirus, and how does its human to human transmission occurs? WHO flags suspected cruise ship spreadWhat is deadly hantavirus, and how does its human to human transmission occurs? The WHO said suspected human to human hantavirus transmissi...
A shark where scientists didn’t expect one: First-ever footage captured in Antarctica’s icy deepFirst shark filmed in Antarctica: Scientists were stunned to film a large sleeper shark in the Antarctic Ocean. This marks the first record...
Is Antarctica going green? Here's why scientists aren’t celebrating this environmental shiftA recent study reveals a dramatic increase in vegetation cover across Antarctica, especially the Antarctic Peninsula, which has expanded ov...
World's largest iceberg, A23a, sets sail after 30-year freezeThe world's largest iceberg, A23a, has finally bid farewell to the Antarctic seafloor after more than three decades. This colossal ice gian...
Antarctic glaciers flow faster in summers, exhibiting seasonal behaviour: Study
Ancient shark teeth lost in Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate historyTens of million years ago, sand tiger sharks hunted in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, gliding over a thriving marine ecosystem on ...
Antarctica gives birth to world's largest icebergThe newly calved berg, designated A-76 by scientists, was spotted in recent satellite images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission,...
Third of Antarctic ice shelf area at collapse risk due to global warmingThe researchers noted that limiting temperature rise to two degrees Celsius rather than four degrees Celsius would halve the area at risk, ...
18.3°C: Antarctica registers hottest temperature ever
Climate change’s coming for your fish & chipsExperts analysed four types of crustacean, which are abundant off coast of the western Antarctic Peninsula. They found when the gas in thei...
On the high seas: This summer vacation opt for a cruise expedition to Antarctica basecampAntarctica & Alaska are among the most-popular cruise expeditions with Indians.
Supercolony of over 1.5 million penguins discoveredScientists have discovered a previously unknown "supercolony" of more than 15,00,000 Adelie Penguins in a chain of remote, rocky islands of...
- Ocean warming in Antarctica will reduce marine diversity
Sydney, Sep 1 (IANS) An increase of just 1-2 degrees Celsius in shallow waters on the West Antarctic Peninsula has radically reduced marine...
Massive Antarctica iceberg at brink of breaking offLarsen C Ice Shelf is about 350 metres thick and floats on the seas at the edge of West Antarctica, holding back the flow of glaciers that ...
'Melting of Antarctic ice shelves to double by 2050'The melting of Antarctic ice shelves will double by 2050 and by 2100, melting may surpass all predictions if greenhouse gas emissions conti...
NASA study reveals global sea ice diminishingParkinson used microwave data collected by NASA and Department of Defence satellites for her study published in the Journal of Climate.
- No global warning processes in Antarctic: Explorer
Allegations about global warming processes in the Antarctic have nothing to do with real facts, a Russian polar explorer has said.
Life at King George Island, AntarcticaAt King George Island & Admiralty Bay, there are science stations including Polish station called Arctowski, which clung to their post desp...