A 1986 Iceberg Is Disappearing at Last, Unveiling a Rare and Mesmerizing Blue GlowIceberg A-23A, once the largest on Earth, is nearing its end as vibrant aquamarine meltwater pools form on its surface. These blue spots, a...
06 May, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
Scientists Have Found Vast “Hidden Oceans” Deep Beneath the PacificAstonishing scientific findings reveal vast water deposits trapped deep within Earth's mantle, hundreds of kilometers below the Pacific Oce...
07 Apr, 2026, 04.06 PM IST
A Discovery Deep Inside Earth Could Change the Story of Our OceansScientists have discovered that the mineral bridgmanite, found deep within Earth's lower mantle, can store significant amounts of water. La...
13 Mar, 2026, 06.22 PM IST
Mystery Solved: Scientists Finally Explain the Strange Swirls Hidden Deep in Greenland’s IceMysterious plume-like structures deep within the Greenland Ice Sheet, observed for over a decade, are now explained by thermal convection. ...
26 Feb, 2026, 03.33 PM IST
Antarctica Has 85 Newly Discovered ‘Active Lakes’ Beneath the Ice; Satellites Reveal a Hidden Water WorldScientists have discovered 85 new active subglacial lakes beneath Antarctica, bringing the total to 231. These lakes fill, drain, and shift...
17 Feb, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
If Land Can Rise and Sink, What Other Landscapes Might Be Fooling Us?Beneath Earth's surface, powerful internal forces continuously shape landscapes, a fact often overlooked. Deep lithospheric processes and m...
13 Feb, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
NISAR satellite: This India-US mission can see through everything with bus-sized radar and detects even small changes on EarthNisar Launch Date: India and the United States are collaborating on the NISAR mission, set to launch on July 30, 2025. This joint Earth obs...
22 Jul, 2025, 04.17 PM IST
Antarctica hides massive secrets under its vast ice shelves, scientists are just finding out the detailsScientists have made remarkable discoveries beneath Antarctica's million-year-old ice, revealing ancient landscapes, subglacial lakes teemi...
12 May, 2025, 04.00 PM IST
Is Mount Everest still rising? The surprising truth behind its growthMount Everest continues to grow in height due to isostatic rebound, a process linked to the merger of the Kosi and Arun rivers about 89,000...
01 Oct, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
‘Doomsday’ glacier set to melt faster, swell seas as world heats upNew research by British and American scientists indicates that tidal action under the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica will accelerate meltin...
20 Sep, 2024, 11.02 AM IST
ISRO working on mission to advance high-resolution thermal imaging for climate, resource managementThe TRISHNA mission, a collaboration between ISRO and the French space agency CNES, aims to monitor Earth's surface temperature, water stre...
06 Jun, 2024, 12.04 AM IST
ISRO receives Indo-US jointly developed NISAR satelliteNISAR, an Earth-observation satellite, is being jointly developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the India...
09 Mar, 2023, 07.20 AM IST
Arctic ice hits its minimum for the year: What's driving the overall decline?In recent years, Arctic sea ice levels have been at their lowest since at least 1850 for the annual mean and in at least 1,000 years for la...
24 Sep, 2021, 01.38 PM IST
- Oxygen level in world's oceans dipping since 1980s: Study
New York, May 5 (IANS) The amount of dissolved oxygen contained in the water of oceans across the globe -- an important measure of ocean he...
05 May, 2017, 03.53 PM IST
Gangotri glacier’s rate of receding slows, but base thinning: ExpertsThe scientists are yet to work out the short-term and long-term implications that the thinning of the base will have on the water flow from...
24 Feb, 2017, 08.45 AM IST
Gangotri glacier’s rate of receding slows, but base thinning: ExpertsThe rate of retreat of Gangotri glacier has slowed down to 11 metres since 2008 from the maximum of 35 metres recorded in 1974, according t...
24 Feb, 2017, 05.11 AM IST
- Antarctic Ice Sheet has impact on climate change
San Francisco, Dec 14 (IANS) The Antarctic Ice Sheet plays a major role in regional and global climate variability, researchers said.
14 Dec, 2016, 09.20 AM IST