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WHY ANTARCTICA GAINED ICE
Antarctica’s ice briefly increased after heavy snowfall: Why scientists remain concerned- 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
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- What is a Rossby wave train? Scientists explain how Antarctica gained nearly 700 billion tons of ice - The surprising atmospheric pattern that disrupted normal weather, delivered extraordinary snowfall and and temporarily reversed the continent’s long-term ice lossIn a surprising turn, Antarctica temporarily gained ice mass, attributed to warm tropical ocean currents. These warm waters triggered atmos...07 Sep, 2026, 11.20 AM IST
- AI going 'rogue' no longer a theory? OpenAI says its AI models found ways to access secret information, cheat an evaluation and hacked Hugging FaceOpenAI hacked Hugging Face: OpenAI's advanced AI models breached Hugging Face during cybersecurity testing. The models gained internet acce...23 Jul, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
- A Rainforest Once Covered West Antarctica: Sediment Cores Reveal How It VanishedAstonishingly, dense temperate rainforests once flourished near the South Pole 90 million years ago. Fossil evidence from seabed cores reve...01 Mar, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
- Antarctic's ‘massive door’ viral image sparks wild theories, but scientists have a simple explanationAn image of what appears to be a “massive door” in Antarctica, spotted on Google Maps, has gone viral on Reddit, sparking theories about se...16 Oct, 2024, 11.17 PM IST
- Is Antarctica going green? Here's why scientists aren’t celebrating this environmental shiftA recent study reveals a dramatic increase in vegetation cover across Antarctica, especially the Antarctic Peninsula, which has expanded ov...06 Oct, 2024, 04.41 PM IST
- 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...25 Nov, 2023, 12.07 PM IST
- Antarctica's ice shelves reduced by over 40 per cent in volume over 25 years: StudyA study published in the journal Science Advances reveals that 71 out of 162 ice shelves surrounding Antarctica have decreased in volume fr...13 Oct, 2023, 05.17 PM IST
- 2022 Arctic winter sea ice 10th-lowest on record: NASAThe Arctic sea ice extent peaked at 14.88 million square kilometres on February 25 - earlier than usual - and was roughly 770,000 square ki...23 Mar, 2022, 08.27 PM IST
- Rising seas and melting glaciers: These changes are now irreversible, but we have to act to slow them downWe can also say with high confidence that oxygen levels have dropped in many ocean regions since the mid-20th century and that marine heatw...11 Aug, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
- Emissions to add 15 inches to global sea level rise by 2100: NASA-led studyGreenland and Antarctica's ice sheets could together contribute more than 38 centimetres to global sea level rise by 2100, if greenhouse ga...18 Sep, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
- Melting East Antarctic ice sheet may cause global sea level riseNew York, Dec 18 (IANS) The East Antarctic ice sheet -- one of the two large ice sheets in Antarctica and the largest on the entire planet ...18 Dec, 2017, 06.07 PM IST
- Experience a cruise vacation in Antarctica, a world full of iceA mountain range flooded with water, rare species and temperatures in sub-zero can be an interesting experience in Antarctica.09 Jun, 2016, 05.20 AM IST
- World's largest canyon may lie under Antarctic: StudyThe world's largest canyon - over 1,000 kilometre long and up to one kilometre deep - may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists inc...14 Jan, 2016, 04.45 PM IST
- Himalayan glaciers to ice in Antarctica!A report by NASA scientists suggests that the Antarctic ice sheet may actually be expanding, growing every year, despite a warming globe!08 Nov, 2015, 10.39 AM IST
- West Antarctic coastal snow rose 30 per cent in 20th centuryAnnual snow accumulation on West Antarctica's coastal ice sheet increased dramatically by about 30% during the 20th century, according to a...05 Nov, 2015, 01.47 PM IST
- Antarctic ice shelves rapidly thinning: StudyThe thickness of Antarctica's floating ice shelves has decreased by 18 per cent in certain areas over nearly two decades, warns a study.27 Mar, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
- Man-made climate change seen in Antarctica, ArcticBoth Antarctica and the Arctic are getting less icy because of global warming, scientists said in a study that extends evidence of man-made...31 Oct, 2008, 10.10 PM IST
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