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
What is polar vortex and how much snow is expected in US? Winter storm-led flight cancellations and power outages explained. Here' how polar vortex affects weatherWhat is polar vortex and how much snow is expected in US? A winter storm linked to polar vortex disruption has impacted millions. Snow, ice...
24 Jan, 2026, 03.18 AM IST
It’s not the melting ice that’s raising the seas; it’s now Earth’s drying continents, study warnsEarth's continents are drying, causing sea levels to rise faster than melting ice. Satellite data shows dry areas expanding rapidly. Ground...
18 Aug, 2025, 02.19 AM IST
ISRO-NASA launch NISAR to scan earth's surface twice every 12 daysThe first joint weather satellite will track movements in polar ice, forest biomass, wetlands, and changes in the earth’s crust. The data g...
31 Jul, 2025, 11.39 AM 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
State of Emergency declared as winter blast of snow, ice and bitter cold grips the USA major snowstorm in the U.S. has led to dangerous travel conditions, school closures, and widespread power outages from the central states...
06 Jan, 2025, 01.28 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
Antarctic sea-ice cover hits record low for 2nd year in a row, hitting it sooner than last year: Study18 Feb, 2023, 05.51 PM IST
They survived the hunters: Now king penguins face climate change29 Dec, 2022, 03.41 PM IST
Beach lovers in for a shock: Climate change will wipe out half of world's sandy coastlines by 2100Beaches occupy more than a third of the global coastline, often in highly populated areas.
03 Mar, 2020, 05.50 PM IST
Is Vikram lander intact? Reports differA day before, Isro chairman K Sivan had said that Vikram lander was spotted and the image was taken by the orbiter high resolution camera.
10 Sep, 2019, 10.27 AM IST
- NASA launching laser satellite to study Earth's changing ice
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) NASA is launching a laser-armed satellite next month that will measure -- in unprecedented detail -- changes in t...
24 Aug, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
- US-German Earth gravity measuring satellites end mission
Washington, Oct 28 (IANS) Facing a battery issue after more than 15 years in orbit, the US-German GRACE -- Gravity Recovery and Climate Exp...
28 Oct, 2017, 02.38 PM IST
North Pole shifts due to global warmingThe North Pole has shifted east because of ice sheet loss caused by rising temperatures, a new study published in Geophysical Research Lett...
15 May, 2013, 11.01 PM IST
Arctic sea ice set to hit record lowArctic sea ice is set to hit a record low by the end of the month, latest satellite data has shown.
21 Aug, 2012, 06.03 PM IST
- Polar Magnets: Up close with polar bears
Preeti Verma Lal can’t get over the stunning experience of getting up close (if not personal) with gambolling polar bears in Churchill, Man...
24 Nov, 2011, 07.41 AM IST
- US probe to make perilous landing on Martian arctic
The historically less-than-50 per cent odds of success loomed heavily as NASA scientists readied for the landing of the 420-million-dollar ...
25 May, 2008, 05.21 AM IST