Antarctica

Researchers Claim Vast Water Bodies Found Below Antarctica Glaciers

Science | IANS | Tuesday March 26, 2019

Researchers have found vast bodies of water underneath one of the biggest Antarctica glaciers, giving crucial insight into the possible outcomes of global climate change, the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) has revealed.

Thousands Of Earthquakes Recorded In Antarctic As Ice Cracks

Others News | Tuesday March 5, 2019

Scientists have recorded thousands of 'ice quakes' in Antarctica at night, a phenomenon that may help track glacier melting and explain the breaking of large ice shelves.

Iceberg Twice The Size Of New York City Is About To Break Off Antarctica

Science | Katie Mettler, The Washington Post | Tuesday February 26, 2019

Since 1956, British scientists have been studying geology, glaciology and the atmosphere at the Halley research station located on the Brunt Ice Shelf. The lab has been torn down and rebuilt many times over the decades, and took its most recent form in 2012 when the Halley VI Research Station - a mobile, modular structure - delivered its first scie...

At 35, Satyarup Siddhanta Becomes World's Youngest To Climb 7 Volcanic Peaks

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday January 16, 2019

Mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta, 35, climbed Antarctica's highest point, Mount Sidley, to become the youngest man in the world to have climbed the seven highest volcanic peaks, besides other summits.

Antarctica's Ice Melt Quickens, Risks Metres Of Sea Level Rise: Study

World News | Reuters | Tuesday January 15, 2019

Antarctica's annual ice losses have accelerated six-fold in the past 40 years in a trend that could push sea levels metres higher in coming centuries amid man-made global warming, scientists said on Monday.

American Adventurer Colin O'Brady Completes Solo Trek Across Antarctica

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 27, 2018

An American adventurer has become the first person to complete a solo trek across Antarctica without assistance of any kind.

NASA Scientists Discover More Glaciers in East Antarctica Are Losing Ice

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 11, 2018

While East Antarctica has the potential to reshape coastlines around the world through sea level rise, scientists have long considered it more stable than West Antarctica.

7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Near Antarctica, No Tsunami Warning

World News | Reuters | Tuesday December 11, 2018

A magnitude 7.1 quake struck on Monday in the southern Pacific Ocean, close to the South Sandwich Islands north of Antarctica, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Here's How A Perfectly Rectangular Iceberg Is Floating In Antarctica

World News | Deanna Paul, The Washington Post | Wednesday October 24, 2018

A college-campus-size iceberg spotted on the Antarctic Peninsula margins is upending public expectations of classic Titanic-esque icebergs with sharp spires jutting from the ocean surface.

No, These Food Pics Have Not Been Edited In Any Way. Here's What's Happening

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Thursday October 18, 2018

Two researchers at one of the coldest and most remote places on earth - the Concordia Station in Antarctica - are documenting what the low temperatures can do to their food, and their mind-blowing pictures are now viral on social media.

Antarctica Warming Could Fuel Disastrous Sea-Level Rise, Study Finds

Science | Chris Mooney, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

Temperatures not much warmer than the planet is experiencing now were sufficient to melt a major part of the East Antarctic ice sheet in Earth's past, scientists reported Wednesday, including during one era about 125,000 years ago when sea levels were as much as 20 to 30 feet higher than they are now

13-Year-Old Indian Mountaineer Aims To Scale Antartica's Highest Peak

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday August 15, 2018

Thirteen-year-old Aaryan Balaji -- one of the youngest mountaineers to hold many records including crossing three passes and scaling three peaks in Nepal last year -- is all set to scale Antarctica''s tallest Mt. Vinson and Mt Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America, in December this year.

Ghostly Particles Give Scientists A New Understanding Of The Cosmos

World News | Reuters | Friday July 13, 2018

A breakthrough in the study of ghostly particles called high-energy neutrinos that traverse space, zipping unimpeded through people, planets and whole galaxies, is giving scientists an audacious new way to expand our understanding of the cosmos.

After Saudi's Musings, Icebergs To Rescue In Drought-Hit Cape Town

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 3, 2018

South Africa plans to tow icebergs from Antarctica to supply fresh water to a city in the grip of drought. Earlier this year, Cape Town came within weeks of shutting off all its taps and forcing residents to queue for water rations at public standpipes

Cape Town Drought Makes People Consider Ice-Bergs As A Solution

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 3, 2018

It is a plan as crazy as the situation is desperate -- towing an iceberg from Antarctica to Cape Town to supply fresh water to a city in the grip of drought.