Scientists drilled only 200 meters into Antarctica and uncovered Earth's oldest ice with 6-million-year-old air trapped insideScientists have recovered 6-million-year-old ice from Antarctica. This ice contains air bubbles from Earth's ancient atmosphere. It offers ...
25 May, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
Mosquitoes have finally invaded one of the world's last mosquito-free countriesFor the first time in history, Iceland has recorded wild mosquitoes, ending its long-standing status as a mosquito-free haven. A species kn...
18 May, 2026, 07.26 PM IST
Scientists thought this ancient ice sheet was stable until buried fossils revealed a lost forest beneath AntarcticaScientists discovered fossils revealing Antarctica was once a swampy temperate rainforest. This ancient forest existed around 90 million ye...
11 May, 2026, 05.34 PM IST
What Can Antarctic Ice Tell Us About Climate History?Antarctic ice cores offer a direct window into Earth's past atmosphere, revealing greenhouse gas levels from millennia ago. These frozen ti...
16 Apr, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
World's strongest ocean current is slowing down rapidly; Scientists warn it could have a scary effect on EarthScientists warn that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is slowing down due to climate change. This could lead to sea level rise and ocean w...
04 Mar, 2025, 02.40 PM IST
Antarctica's ice shelves reduced by over 40 per cent in volume over 25 years: StudyA study published in the journal Science Advances reveals that 71 out of 162 ice shelves surrounding Antarctica have decreased in volume fr...
13 Oct, 2023, 05.17 PM IST
Antarctica's 'doomsday' glacier: How its collapse could trigger global floods and swallow islandsA sea level rise of several metres would inundate many of the world's major cities - including Shanghai, New York, Miami, Tokyo and Mumbai
23 Dec, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
1.5 degrees Celsius warming cap could 'halve' sea level rise from melting iceSince 1993, melting land ice has contributed to at least half of global sea level rise and scientists have previously warned that the vast ...
05 May, 2021, 10.53 PM IST
Antarctica may drive rapid sea-level rise under climate change: Study07 Nov, 2019, 03.59 PM IST
Antarctica ice melting increased by 280% in last 16 years, study saysThe researchers were able to discern that between 1979 and 1990, Antarctica shed an average of 40 gigatonnes of ice mass annually. From 200...
15 Jan, 2019, 12.58 PM IST
Climate change threatening penguins in Antarctica: StudyContinued warming of Antarctica due to climate change may lead to decline of 60 per cent of Adelie penguin colonies by the end of this cent...
01 Jul, 2016, 10.58 PM IST
Runaway loss of Antarctic ice may last for centuries: StudySatellite observations show that parts of the Antarctic ice sheet are currently thinning in response to a warming ocean.
27 Nov, 2015, 04.24 PM IST
- What has stopped Antarctica from warming
The secret to why Antarctica is not warming as much as the other continents, and why Australia faces more droughts lies in strengthening of...
13 May, 2014, 01.40 PM IST
Antarctica was once as warm as Florida, CaliforniaParts of Antarctica, one of the coldest places on Earth, were as warm as today's California coast about 40 million years ago with temperatu...
22 Apr, 2014, 02.57 PM IST
Global warming 5 million years ago raised sea levels by 20 metresGlobal warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximatel...
22 Jul, 2013, 06.05 PM IST
Global warming may raise sea levels by more than 2 metres: StudyHalf of that rise might come from ice-loss in Antarctica which is currently contributing less than 10 per cent to global sea-level rise.
16 Jul, 2013, 06.31 PM IST
- Global warming hits Antarctica
Global warming has been adversely affecting the existence of fauna, particularly microbes in Antarctica, say scientists at the 3rd Indian A...
10 Jan, 2008, 12.28 PM IST