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56 million dead, one frozen secret: Antarctica outed the deadliest secret in human history- A Greenland ice core reads back almost 12,000 years of mercury fallout; humans were leaving traces thousands of years before the first factories
- In 1987, the world swapped ozone-destroying CFCs for safer refrigerants; nearly 40 years later, scientists found the switch had been quietly raining a forever chemical across the planet
- The Moon is making your days longer, and most people have no ideaOur planet's days are getting longer. The Moon's gravity slows Earth's spin, a process ongoing for billions of years. Now, melting polar ic...22 May, 2026, 03.31 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
- Antarctica’s Frozen Secret: How Ice Solved the 1809 Climate MysteryAntarctica's ice holds secrets of Earth's past. Scientists have found evidence of a massive volcanic eruption around 1808 to 1809. This eve...28 Feb, 2026, 09.54 PM IST
- Greenland: Denmark issues 'we will shoot first, ask later' warning to Trump and USDenmark has issued a stern warning, stating its forces will "shoot first, ask questions later" if the US attempts to seize Greenland milita...09 Jan, 2026, 12.17 PM IST
- ‘City under the ice’: NASA unearths hidden Cold War era US military base 100 feet beneath GreenlandNASA’s recent radar survey over Greenland has uncovered Camp Century, a Cold War-era U.S. military base buried beneath 100 feet of ice. The...27 Nov, 2024, 01.13 PM IST
- Day length set to change? A new research says Earth’s inner core 'unambiguously' slowing downA new study has found that Earth's inner core began to slow its rotation relative to the planet's surface in 2010, potentially altering the...14 Jun, 2024, 02.45 PM IST
- Copenhagen ice library can give you a rare glimpse into the history of climate changeThe Ice Core Archive, housing 25 kilometres (15 miles) of ice collected primarily from Greenland, is helping scientists understand changes ...02 Dec, 2023, 06.00 PM IST
- Exploring the moon's south pole: A quest for iceChandrayaan-3's landing site is in the moon's south polar region at about 70 degrees south latitude, or about 370 miles from the south pole...24 Aug, 2023, 02.48 PM IST
- Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data12 Oct, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
- Here's a look at some of the coldest minimum temperatures ever recorded around the worldNorth Ice, at an altitude of 2,341 m (7,680 ft) above sea level, it is No. 4 on the top 10 coldest places on Earth. The lowest recorded tem...20 Jan, 2018, 11.30 PM IST
- Forming Fogbows: Study finds limit on evaporation to ice sheets, but that may changeAlthough the coastal regions of the Greenland Ice Sheet are experiencing rapid melting, a significant portion of the interior of that ice s...30 Apr, 2016, 12.25 PM IST
- Earth's internal heat driving Greenland's ice to meltGreenland's lithosphere has hot depths which originate in its distant geological past and cause the island's ice to rapidly flow and melt f...08 Apr, 2016, 03.57 PM IST
- Warming is altering Greenland ice sheetClimate change over the last few years has altered the structure of the Greenland ice sheet, causing it to lose its ability to limit mass l...06 Jan, 2016, 03.56 AM IST
- Climate change altering Greenland ice sheetFirn is multi-year compacted snow that is not as dense as glacier ice. Instead, it forms a porous near-surface layer over the ice sheet.05 Jan, 2016, 01.33 PM IST
- West Antarctic coastal snow rose 30 per cent in 20th centuryAnnual snow accumulation on West Antarctica's coastal ice sheet increased dramatically by about 30% during the 20th century, according to a...05 Nov, 2015, 01.47 PM IST
- NASA maps layers deep inside Greenland ice sheetScientists using ice-penetrating radar data collected by NASA have created the first-ever comprehensive map of layers deep inside the Green...25 Jan, 2015, 02.31 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
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