Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrinkMany familiar plants may disappear by 2100. Climate change is shrinking their habitats, putting species at high risk of extinction. Researc...
23 May, 2026, 03.48 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
‘Zombie Worm’ awakens after 24,000 years: Scientists revive a frozen worm that can survive freezing, starvation and even reproduce without partner‘Zombie Worm’ revived by scientists: A 24,000-year-old microscopic worm, a bdelloid rotifer, has been revived from Siberian permafrost, ast...
13 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
A tiny lake beside Canada’s oldest ice mass creates a surreal scene from spaceA striking satellite image reveals Gee Lake on Baffin Island, a remnant of the ancient Laurentide Ice Sheet. This ice cap, dating back 20,0...
08 May, 2026, 05.37 PM IST
Rare 158-Carat Yellow Diamond Unearthed as Remote Diavik Mine Nears ClosureA remarkable 158.20-carat yellow diamond was discovered at Canada's Diavik Diamond Mine as it nears its 2026 closure. This rare find, one o...
27 Apr, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
What Scientists Found Inside a Cave Beneath Greenland’s Ice Is Raising New Climate QuestionsAncient Arctic caves hold secrets of a warmer past. Mineral deposits show the region was once free of permafrost, experiencing much higher ...
05 Mar, 2026, 04.38 PM IST
From Ice to Green: How Rising Temperatures Are Reshaping the ArcticThe Arctic is changing. Once a land of snow and ice, it is now turning green. Warmer temperatures are causing plants to grow more. Shrubs a...
25 Feb, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
The Arctic Once Had Palm Trees: What the Fossils RevealFossil evidence from the High Arctic reveals that palm trees and subtropical plants once thrived in the polar region. This occurred during ...
22 Feb, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
The Arctic Wasn’t Always Frozen: Fossils Reveal a Lost World of Forests, Rhinos and Nesting DinosaursFossil evidence reveals that the Arctic was once a warm, forested region supporting large mammals such as hornless rhinoceroses and dinosau...
18 Feb, 2026, 12.36 PM IST
Arctic contains 'giant mercury bomb'? How it may impact food?Melting arctic permafrost may impact food system by releasing mercury in water. Here's what report has said.
19 Aug, 2024, 07.17 PM IST
Christmas weather: Forecasters warn that arctic blast will bring dangerously frigid temperatures to parts of USAccording to the National Weather Service (NWS), the arctic air will cause "severe and sustained freezing conditions over southern Mississi...
20 Dec, 2022, 12.41 AM IST
Arctic has warmed three times faster than Earth since 1971: ReportThe Arctic warmed three times faster than the planet as a whole between 1971 and 2019, a higher rate than previously thought, a scientific ...
20 May, 2021, 04.58 PM IST
- Arctic winter warming events becoming more frequent
Washington, July 12 (IANS) Arctic winter warming events -- winter days when temperatures peak above minus 10 degrees Celsius -- are becomin...
12 Jul, 2017, 11.42 AM IST
2015 likely to be hottest year on record: WMO2015 is very likely going to be the hottest year on record in the last 136 years with nine of the first 11 months breaking all records, the...
18 Dec, 2015, 07.39 PM IST
Arctic temperatures at 44,000-year highThe average summer temperatures in the Canadian Arctic over the last century are the highest in the last 44,000 years, and perhaps as long ...
25 Oct, 2013, 05.58 PM IST
Warming Arctic turning greener, finds studyScientists have rung another warning bell about changes in the fragile ecosystem of the Arctic, saying that vegetation found in areas sever...
11 Mar, 2013, 05.38 AM IST
- Man-made climate change seen in Antarctica, Arctic
Both Antarctica and the Arctic are getting less icy because of global warming, scientists said in a study that extends evidence of man-made...
31 Oct, 2008, 10.10 PM IST