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POLAR ICE SURVEY
In 2009, NASA started conducting the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice under Operation IceBridge to bridge the observational gap between ICESat and ICESat-2- In 2013, more than 16,000 Old Weather-Arctic volunteers transcribed handwritten Arctic ship logs, while 275,000 scanned pages contained about 23 million weather and sea-ice observations
- In 2006, NASA and French Space Agency CNES launched a satellite in a joint mission to probe the properties of Earth's thin clouds and aerosols
- 56 million dead, one frozen secret: Antarctica outed the deadliest secret in human historyAntarctic ice cores climate change: Scientists found ancient air trapped in Antarctic ice. This ice holds records of Earth's atmosphere for...17 Jun, 2026, 12.35 AM IST
- Iceland shoots Polar Bear that drifted on iceberg from Greenland, calling it a threat to humansA polar bear was shot dead in northwest Iceland after being deemed a threat to local residents. The bear was close to a summer house where ...23 Sep, 2024, 02.23 PM IST
- Polar bears struggling to adapt to longer ice-free Arctic periodsPolar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay risk starvation as climate change lengthens periods without Arctic Sea ice, despite the creatures' willi...14 Feb, 2024, 06.47 PM IST
- Melting Arctic ice draws killer whales further north17 Dec, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
- Antarctica gives birth to world's largest icebergThe newly calved berg, designated A-76 by scientists, was spotted in recent satellite images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission,...20 May, 2021, 08.33 AM IST
- Study says the speed of ice loss is increasing, Earth losing 1.3 trillion tonnes a yearThe researchers noted that ice melt across the globe raises sea levels, increases the risk of flooding to coastal communities, and threaten...25 Jan, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
- China to build first permanent airport at South PoleChinese scientists built a 4-kilometer-long, 50-meter-wide runway for fixed-wing aircraft in 2009 during the 25th expedition in the Antarct...30 Oct, 2018, 01.20 PM IST
- ISRO launches two British earth observation satellites onboard PSLV-C42PSLV-C4 is carrying two earth observation satellites of Britain’s Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), NovaSAR and S1-4, weighing 45...16 Sep, 2018, 11.03 PM IST
- Nasa set to launch space laser to track Earth's melting ice30 Aug, 2018, 03.04 PM IST
- India discovers natural gas hydrates in KG Basin: US Geological SurveyNatural gas hydrates are ice-like combinations of natural gas and water found in oceans and polar regions.27 Jul, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
- The US might lose one of its most important strategic tools in the Arctic for up to 6 yearsCurrently, the US only has two operational icebreakers - the heavy icebreaker Polar Star and the medium icebreaker Healy.16 Sep, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
- NASA's incredible expedition to explore the Arctic ice sheetsThe sea ice around the North Pole is critical to regulating global temperature, ocean currents, and atmospheric circulation, and it's melti...22 Jul, 2015, 12.31 PM IST
- India to procure ship that can break through 1.5-m thick iceIn addition to the PRV , four other vessels, including two that would help in coastal research, will be replaced in the next three years.24 Mar, 2015, 03.09 PM IST
- NASA's Cassini spacecraft finds 101 geysers on icy Saturn moonThe unique geological basin of Enceladus shows a map of 101 geysers coincident with small hot spots.29 Jul, 2014, 03.02 PM IST
- 9,000-strong penguin colony discovered in AntarcticaA huge 9,000-strong colony of emperor penguins has been discovered in Antarctica after scientists spotted their poo trails in satellite ima...10 Feb, 2013, 10.37 PM IST
- Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions: StudyUS Geological Survey has warned that the Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions and much warmer temperatures in the future which ...30 Dec, 2009, 12.58 PM IST
- Fast melting Arctic ice caused thousands of Walrus deaths through stampedeThousands of young Pacific walruses were trampled to death by stampedes in the Arctic this past summer, due to the fast-melting sea ice.27 Dec, 2007, 10.44 AM IST
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