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SURVIVAL ON ARCTIC ICE
A frozen Arctic grave held its secret for 181 years until DNA revealed four more sailors from Franklin's doomed expedition- A surprising Arctic discovery shows melting icebergs are quietly building hidden neighborhoods on the ocean floor
- 12 scientists will drift across the Arctic, locked inside sea ice for 8 months to watch an ocean survive its darkest, coldest season
- 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 ...18 Jun, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
- 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...13 Jun, 2026, 03.57 PM IST
- Ancient squirrels ate meat like 'zombies,' and the proof is in the poopFrozen ancient squirrel feces from Canada's Yukon have revealed a lost Ice Age world. These coprolites, dating back up to 700,000 years, co...10 Jun, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
- Scientists drilled only 200 meters into Antarctica and uncovered Earth's oldest ice with 6-million-year-old air trapped insideScientists have recovered 6-million-year-old ice from Antarctica. This ice contains air bubbles from Earth's ancient atmosphere. It offers ...25 May, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
- In 1926, Umberto Nobile flew to the North Pole with his beloved dog Titina, who two years later survived 49 days stranded on Arctic ice following a deadly airship crashAn Italian explorer's dog, Titina, sensed danger before an Arctic airship crash in 1928. The airship Italia crashed, leaving ten men and Ti...19 May, 2026, 03.43 PM IST
- ‘Zombie Worm’ awakens after 24,000 years: Scientists revive a frozen worm that can survive freezing, starvation and even reproduce without partner‘Zombie Worm’ revived by scientists: A 24,000-year-old microscopic worm, a bdelloid rotifer, has been revived from Siberian permafrost, ast...13 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
- Beneath the Greenland Sea, Frozen Methane Towers Hide an Entire Ecosystem: How Do Creatures Survive Here?Scientists discovered towering methane ice structures and a thriving ecosystem at Molloy Ridge in the Greenland Sea. These deep-sea formati...09 Mar, 2026, 05.34 PM IST
- In Extreme Cold, Some Animals Survive by Altering Life to an Unimaginably Slow PaceArctic ground squirrels and wood frogs exhibit incredible survival tactics, slowing metabolism to near-death states or tolerating being fro...08 Mar, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
- Why Don’t Polar Bears Slip on Ice? The Paw Adaptation RevealedPolar bears navigate icy terrains with remarkable confidence thanks to specialized paw pads. Tiny, tall bumps called papillae on their pads...03 Mar, 2026, 04.10 PM IST
- Did You Know: Polar Bears aren’t really white, their skin is jet-black — Here’s how they glowDid you know? Polar bears aren’t technically white, their clear, hollow fur and black skin create a brilliant white illusion that helps the...25 Feb, 2026, 09.25 PM IST
- What is Greenland’s Sirius Dog Sled Patrol and other elite forces? The Arctic’s most unique military unitDenmark's Sirius Dog Sled Patrol guards remote Greenland. This elite unit patrols vast icy terrains for months. Their mission is to maintai...18 Jan, 2026, 12.34 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
- Un-bearable? How global warming may cause mama polar bears to run out of milkOur research, published in Marine Ecology Progress Series, found that polar bear lactation is negatively affected by increased time spent o...09 Oct, 2023, 05.54 PM IST
- Polar bears starving due to climate change: StudyThe study revealed that polar bears have higher metabolic rates than previously thought, and the climate change is affecting their environm...02 Feb, 2018, 05.05 PM IST
- Polar bear numbers to fall as Arctic ice shrinks: StudyClimate change will continue to seriously threaten polar bear survival in the future.20 Nov, 2015, 09.41 PM IST
- Global warming may lead to food shortfallProf NH Ravindranath, chairman of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bengaluru, has said one of the observed impacts of climate chan...22 Mar, 2014, 07.08 AM IST
- Arctic sea ice at record low, WMO to consolidate dataArctic sea ice cover may have reached its minimum for the year on September 16, according to scientists at the US National Snow and Ice Dat...21 Sep, 2012, 09.03 PM IST
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