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13 Nov 2024

First Antarctic Amber Discovery Sheds Light On Existence Of Ancient Forests

This southernmost discovery of amber offers new insights into Cretaceous forests near the South Pole.

06 Apr 2024

India Expands Antarctic Postal Network: New Post Office To Have Unique Pincode

Department of Posts has opened a second branch of the post office at the Bharati research station in Antarctica.

22 May 2023

'Polar Express In Real Life': Video From Antarctica Leaves Netizens Confused

The viral video confused many social media users and left the guessing whether the video was shot on a train or was it because of the storm that it appeared so.

06 Feb 2023

Antarctica's Only EV Redesigned to Deal With Climate Change, Here's How?

The changes in the Venturi Antarctica EV (a zero-emission vehicle) had to be made for it to operate in the rising temperature of the South Pole increasing because of Global Warming.

24 Jan 2023

Another iceberg broken in Antarctica, this iceberg is bigger than Delhi! Latest Hindi News

Due to global warming, Antarctica is constantly suffering losses. The melting of the ice sheet continues here. Now the news of breaking of a huge mountain of ice has come to light in Antarctica

05 Jan 2023

DNA: When the hottest day ever recorded in Antarctica in 1974

This segment of DNA brings you information related to today's history.

29 Mar 2022

DNA: Global Warming -- Antarctica's temperature rises by 40 degrees celsius

In Antarctica, which is considered to be the coldest area in the world, the temperature has now reached 40 degrees celsius above normal. Scientists are considering these conditions of Antarctica as very worrying.

25 Nov 2021

First-ever Airbus A340 lands in Antarctica, check stunning images: In Pics

While the Hi Fly Airbus A340 landed in Antarctica back on November 2, the operator has now shared some breathtaking images of its arrival on the blue ice runway.

02 Jul 2021

Antarctica logged record temperature of 18.3 degrees Celsius, says UN agency

Earlier, the record temperature was logged on March 24, 2015 for the Antarctic continent at 17.5 degrees Celsius (63.5 degrees Fahrenheit). The report was established after an extensive review conducted by the WMO's Weather and Climate Extremes Archive on the weather situation in Antarctica.

20 May 2021

DNA: World's largest iceberg 'A76' breaks off from Antarctica

Antarctica's ice sheet is heating up rapidly. Due to this, large icebergs are melting. Now a giant ice floe has broken off the coast of Antarctica. According to photos taken from satellites and planes, it is the largest iceberg in the world.

European Space Agency

20 May 2021

World's largest iceberg dissevers in Antarctica, says European Space Agency

The iceberg was spotted by the British Antarctic Survey and confirmed from the US National Ice Center using Copernicus Sentinel-1 imagery The enormity of the berg makes it the largest in the world, snatching first place from the A-23A iceberg (approximately 3880 sq km in size)

17 Feb 2021

Scientists find life 900 metres below ice sheet in Antarctica

The discovery was made by scientists at the British Antarctic Survey The creatures were found buried under the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf The animals were found about 160 miles from the open sea

24 Jan 2021

NASA satellite spots ‘something rising’ above ice in Antarctica

The discovery has left scientists perplexed and led to an investigation into the seven-mile-long jagged structure. Some speculated the shape could've been formed due to the crash landing of an object which then slid across the ice. However, the claim has not been validated yet.

23 Dec 2020

Coronavirus reaches Antarctica, the last continent previously COVID-19 free

Antarctica was previously free from COVID-19. Health and army officials scrambled to clear out and quarantine staff from a remote research station surrounded by ocean and icebergs.

Antarctica airfield

14 Sep 2020

First US spring flight to Antarctica takes extra precautions to keep out virus

The US Air Force flight left on Monday from the gateway city of Christchurch carrying 106 passengers and crew, said Tony German, the US Antarctic programme's representative in New Zealand He said the new arrivals will start getting ready for the summer and swap out with skeleton crews who have spent the Southern Hemisphere winter in Antarctica The flight was delayed for three weeks by big storms, resulting in an extended six-week quarantine for those aboard.

22 May 2020

Climate change turning Antarctica's snow green

Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness but blooms of algae are giving parts of the frozen continent an increasingly green tinge.

Parallel universe

21 May 2020

What is ANITA which found evidence of a parallel universe

In a significant breakthrough, a team of researchers have succeeded in finding "a fountain of high-energy particles erupting from the ice" in Antarctica which according to the researchers could be proof of a parallel universe. ANITA succeeded in detecting the 'fountain' of high-energy particles in 2006 and 2014 but the researchers initially thought them as background noise or glitches.

high-energy particles

20 May 2020

'High-energy particles detected in Antarctica proof of parallel universe'

A team of researchers have claimed that "a fountain of high-energy particles erupting from the ice" in Antarctica may be proof of a parallel universe.

28 Feb 2020

Astounding images of blood-red snow in Antarctica go viral

A post read, "Snow has taken on a sinister-looking blood red colour at a Ukrainian research station due to a type of algae which contributes to climate change."

Antarctica glacier

14 Feb 2020

Antarctica hits temperature over 20 degrees for the first time

The news that the icy continent is now recording temperatures in the relatively balmy 20s is likely to further fuel fears about the warming of the planet.

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