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
You really can see Russia from Alaska, things to know ahead of Friday's Trump-Putin summitAlaska's history is intertwined with Russia, dating back to Siberian fur traders in the 18th century. Once a Russian territory, Alaska was ...
13 Aug, 2025, 11.07 AM IST
This creature hasn’t mated in 80 million years, and it just gave birth after thawing out - scientists stunnedBdelloid rotifers, ancient asexual creatures, defy evolutionary norms by thriving for 80 million years without mating. These resilient orga...
08 Aug, 2025, 01.30 AM IST
Zombie viruses may awaken by 2030 after 50,000 years of dormancy due to global warming: ResearchAs the Earth warms and ancient permafrost thaws, dormant pathogens pose a potential threat to public health. French virologist Jean-Michel ...
11 Oct, 2023, 03.14 PM IST
How did scientists revive worm frozen 46,000 years ago? Here's how they did itThe revival of this ancient roundworm species highlights the resilience of life and the significance of preserving biodiversity in the face...
29 Jul, 2023, 09.56 PM IST
Roundworm frozen 46,000 years ago in Siberia Permafrost revivedRussian scientists have found and revived the roundworms frozen 46,000 years ago under the ice of Siberia permafrost.
28 Jul, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
A new virus on the horizon: How melting Arctic is releasing ancient germs & why it is worryingThis is not the first time that a viable virus has been detected in permafrost samples.
07 Dec, 2022, 07.20 PM IST
New virus revived after 50,000 years; what to know about the Zombie virusZombie viruses have been dormant for many years due to being trapped inside the ice and have come to life after the ice melted. Researchers...
04 Dec, 2022, 10.31 AM IST
‘Zombie Virus’: See 50,000 years old virus found in SiberiaA 50,000-year-old virus has been discovered in the Siberian permafrost, the layer below the topsoil that preserves various microbes and vir...
30 Nov, 2022, 07.08 PM IST
Scientists awakened 50,000-year-old zombie virus in Siberian permafrost. Read hereDeep below in Siberia's permafrost, scientists found 13 ancient zombie viruses preserved in the ice. Read here for all details.
30 Nov, 2022, 04.13 PM IST
India should play the great game for Artic oil & gasIn the inhospitable wastelands of the Siberian Arctic, whipped by blizzards and wrapped in polar night for six months in a year, a great ga...
01 Oct, 2021, 02.38 PM IST
Fierce, frequent, climate-fueled wildfires may decimate forests worldwideClimate change has made landscape-changing wildfires a concern worldwide. This year, record fires have also raged in Australia, Argentina a...
22 Sep, 2020, 01.10 PM IST
How climate change could expose new epidemicsThe Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the globe and claimed over 760,000 lives so far almost certainly came from a wild bat, highlighting th...
16 Aug, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelierInternational scientists released a study Wednesday that found the greenhouse effect multiplied the chance of the region's prolonged heat b...
16 Jul, 2020, 03.35 PM IST
- Massive thermal plant fuel leak pollutes Siberian river03 Jun, 2020, 12.21 PM IST
China plans to build high speed rail networks to USThe proposed line beginning from China's north east could go through Russia's eastern Siberia, the Bering Strait, Alaska, Canada and then r...
09 May, 2014, 01.01 PM IST
- Making science fiction a reality show may not be wise
Unfortunately, if the world itself ends this year or very soon, as some ancient texts have predicted, all this will come to nought.
23 Feb, 2012, 04.22 AM IST