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SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS ANTARCTICA
Antarctica is in the middle of winter right now. Scientists are worried about a France-sized stretch of ocean where ice is failing to formWinter is the season when Antarctica's frozen edge usually expands. This year, one part of the continent is doing the opposite. Scientists ...- Melting icebergs are dropping rocks onto the Arctic seafloor, and those stones are turning into deep-sea homes for marine life as climate change quietly redraws where life can liveMelting icebergs in the Arctic are delivering rocks to the seafloor. These rocks are becoming new homes for corals and sponges. This discov...
- These strange pink rocks in Antarctica just revealed a massive hidden granite giant beneath the iceBright pink granite boulders, out of place on Antarctica's volcanic Hudson Mountains, have revealed a colossal granite formation stretching...
- 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...
- End of a giant: Trillion-tonne iceberg, twice the size of Greater London, breaks just before 40th birthdayThe world's largest iceberg, A-23A, has finally broken apart after a nearly 40-year journey. This colossal megaberg, once twice the size of...
- Antarctica Was Hiding an Entire Landscape Under Its Ice, and Scientists Just Found ItScientists have unveiled an unprecedentedly detailed map of Antarctica's hidden landmass, revealing complex topography like sharp ridges an...
- Antarctica’s Ice Is Rising and Falling And Satellites Know WhyAntarctica's seemingly frozen surface is actually rising and falling by centimeters, revealing a hidden network of active subglacial lakes ...
- A new map reveals the landscape under Antarctica: 30,000 hills you never knew existedNew research has unveiled an unprecedentedly detailed map of Antarctica's subglacial terrain, revealing thousands of previously unmapped hi...
- Isro set for major milestone in earth observation with NISAR, an India-Nasa joint missionISRO is preparing to launch the NISAR satellite, a joint Earth observation mission with NASA, on July 30. The satellite, equipped with dual...
- A23a iceberg: All about the world's largest iceberg, three times the size of New York City that is on the move after 37 yearsIn the frigid expanses of the Southern Ocean, a colossal natural phenomenon has captured the attention of scientists, environmentalists, an...
- Isro plans to set up its first-ever overseas ground base at North PoleIsro has a full-fledged IRS programme with a constellation of earth observation satellites, with the National Remote Sensing Centr (NRSC).
- NASA launching laser satellite to study Earth's changing iceWashington, Aug 24 (IANS) NASA is launching a laser-armed satellite next month that will measure -- in unprecedented detail -- changes in t...
- 56-year-old first Isro woman to spend over a year in AntarcticaStaying in the world’s coldest place where minimum temperatures can slide to -90 degrees Celsius, Mangala Mani was part of a 23-member expe...
- Antarctic ice shelf rift gets second branchLondon, May 3 (IANS) A big crack in an Antarctica ice shelf now has a second branch, researchers revealed after studying the latest satelli...
- Networks of lakes, streams found on Antarctica's surface: StudyScientists have found that vast lakes and streams are widespread on the surface of Antarctica's ice sheets which may accelerate its contrib...
- Climate change threatening penguins in Antarctica: StudyContinued warming of Antarctica due to climate change may lead to decline of 60 per cent of Adelie penguin colonies by the end of this cent...
- Runaway loss of Antarctic ice may last for centuries: StudySatellite observations show that parts of the Antarctic ice sheet are currently thinning in response to a warming ocean.
- 'Melting of Antarctic ice shelves to double by 2050'The melting of Antarctic ice shelves will double by 2050 and by 2100, melting may surpass all predictions if greenhouse gas emissions conti...
- Destructive electrons streaking into Earth's atmosphereResearchers have now launched a project in Antarctica to record X-rays produced as falling electrons collide with the Earth's atmosphere.
- Polar Ice-sheet melting jumps three-fold: NASAThe combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased during the last 20 years says a landmark st...
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