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Days Are Getting Slightly Longer As Earth's Spin Is Slowing At An "Unprecedented Rate"
- Sunday March 15, 2026
- Science | Edited by Ritu Singh
Between 2000 and 2020, Earth's day length increased by 1.33 milliseconds per century due to climate-related mass redistribution.
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www.ndtv.com
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Record-Breaking Drill Beneath Antarctic Ice Reveals Ancient Open Ocean and Future Sea Level Risks
- Sunday February 22, 2026
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Scientists drilled deeper than ever beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and found sediment and marine remains showing the area was once open ocean. The 23-million-year record offers key clues about past melting, helping researchers better predict how quickly the ice sheet could retreat and affect future global sea levels.
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www.gadgets360.com
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New Study Explains Why Earth’s Poles Are Heating Up at an Alarming Rate
- Tuesday December 30, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere on Earth, and new research reveals why. Using aircraft and ground measurements, scientists found that openings in sea ice boost cloud formation while pollution from oil fields alters Arctic chemistry. Together, these processes form powerful feedback loops that trap heat and speed ice loss. The findings hig...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Greenland's Melting Glaciers Feed Ocean Life, Study Finds
- Thursday August 7, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A new NASA-led study reveals that Greenland’s melting glaciers are fueling life in the Arctic Ocean. Each summer, massive freshwater plumes from glaciers like Jakobshavn drag deep-sea nutrients upward, boosting phytoplankton growth by up to 40%. These microscopic organisms form the base of the marine food web and play a key role in carbon absorpt...
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www.gadgets360.com
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The Eye-Opening Science Of Close Encounters With Polar Bears
- Tuesday July 22, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
For the last four decades, experts from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) have been keeping tabs on the health and movement of polar bears in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
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www.ndtv.com
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Europa Could Briefly Sustain Life When the Sun Becomes a Red Giant Star, Scientists Say
- Saturday June 7, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Scientists at Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute propose that Jupiter’s moon Europa could host life for up to 200 million years during the sun’s red giant phase. While Earth would be incinerated, Europa’s subsurface oceans might temporarily support microbial life, offering a final refuge in the solar system and expanding the search for biosigna...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Greenland's Melting Ice Caps Reveal The True Extent Of Climate Change
- Wednesday June 4, 2025
- World News | The Conversation
In recent decades this territory 80 per cent of which is covered with ice has recorded a loss of frozen mass that outpaced previous estimates by 20 per cent.
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www.ndtv.com
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New Study Reveals Recent Ice Gains in Antarctica, But Long-Term Melting Continues
- Saturday May 17, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A study led by researchers at Tongji University using NASA's GRACE satellites has observed recent ice gains in Antarctica from 2021 to 2023, mainly due to unusual precipitation. However, the long-term satellite data from 2002 to 2020 shows a significant and accelerating trend of ice loss. However, experts emphasize this short-term gain does not rev...
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www.gadgets360.com
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The Stunning Reason Why Our Days Are Becoming Longer
- Tuesday July 16, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
It's well known that as far as the climate crisis goes, time is of the essence. Now a study out Monday shows that the melting of the polar ice caps is causing our planet to spin more slowly, increasing the length of days at an "unprecedented" rate.
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www.ndtv.com
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Melting Polar Ice Changing Earth's Rotation And Messing With Time: Study
- Thursday March 28, 2024
- Science | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Since the polar ice is melting, the mass around the Earth's equator is increasing, which is affecting the planet's rotation.
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www.ndtv.com
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North Greenland's Ice Shelves Shrink By A Staggering 35% In 45 Years, Study Finds
- Wednesday November 8, 2023
- Science | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
The largest floating ice shelves in the polar ice sheet have lost more than a third of their volume since 1978.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tides Are Eating Into Glaciers, Triggering More Melting, Study Finds
- Sunday May 14, 2023
- Science | Danielle Bochove, Bloomberg
Melting glaciers could raise sea levels more than previously thought because of the way polar ice behaves where it meets the ocean floor.
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www.ndtv.com
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Italian Vessel In Antarctica Reaches New Destinations As Polar Ice Melts
- Tuesday January 31, 2023
- World News | Reuters
An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has done before, the organisers of the voyage said on Tuesday, a further sign of how ice is retreating around the poles.
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www.ndtv.com
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In The Deepest Arctic, Sled Dogs, Polar Bears, Famed Seed Vault Face Melting Snow, Ice
- Sunday May 27, 2018
- World News | Andrea Pitzer, The Washington Post
Unseasonal winter rain had seeped along the floor of the ice cave, freezing the last incline. That had made slipping to the bottom easy enough, but finding a way out was now a problem. Ten miles outside the northernmost town on the planet, six travelers were trapped at the back of an ice cave.
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www.ndtv.com
-
Days Are Getting Slightly Longer As Earth's Spin Is Slowing At An "Unprecedented Rate"
- Sunday March 15, 2026
- Science | Edited by Ritu Singh
Between 2000 and 2020, Earth's day length increased by 1.33 milliseconds per century due to climate-related mass redistribution.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Record-Breaking Drill Beneath Antarctic Ice Reveals Ancient Open Ocean and Future Sea Level Risks
- Sunday February 22, 2026
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Scientists drilled deeper than ever beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and found sediment and marine remains showing the area was once open ocean. The 23-million-year record offers key clues about past melting, helping researchers better predict how quickly the ice sheet could retreat and affect future global sea levels.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
New Study Explains Why Earth’s Poles Are Heating Up at an Alarming Rate
- Tuesday December 30, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere on Earth, and new research reveals why. Using aircraft and ground measurements, scientists found that openings in sea ice boost cloud formation while pollution from oil fields alters Arctic chemistry. Together, these processes form powerful feedback loops that trap heat and speed ice loss. The findings hig...
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Greenland's Melting Glaciers Feed Ocean Life, Study Finds
- Thursday August 7, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A new NASA-led study reveals that Greenland’s melting glaciers are fueling life in the Arctic Ocean. Each summer, massive freshwater plumes from glaciers like Jakobshavn drag deep-sea nutrients upward, boosting phytoplankton growth by up to 40%. These microscopic organisms form the base of the marine food web and play a key role in carbon absorpt...
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
The Eye-Opening Science Of Close Encounters With Polar Bears
- Tuesday July 22, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
For the last four decades, experts from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) have been keeping tabs on the health and movement of polar bears in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Europa Could Briefly Sustain Life When the Sun Becomes a Red Giant Star, Scientists Say
- Saturday June 7, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Scientists at Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute propose that Jupiter’s moon Europa could host life for up to 200 million years during the sun’s red giant phase. While Earth would be incinerated, Europa’s subsurface oceans might temporarily support microbial life, offering a final refuge in the solar system and expanding the search for biosigna...
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www.gadgets360.com
-
Greenland's Melting Ice Caps Reveal The True Extent Of Climate Change
- Wednesday June 4, 2025
- World News | The Conversation
In recent decades this territory 80 per cent of which is covered with ice has recorded a loss of frozen mass that outpaced previous estimates by 20 per cent.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
New Study Reveals Recent Ice Gains in Antarctica, But Long-Term Melting Continues
- Saturday May 17, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A study led by researchers at Tongji University using NASA's GRACE satellites has observed recent ice gains in Antarctica from 2021 to 2023, mainly due to unusual precipitation. However, the long-term satellite data from 2002 to 2020 shows a significant and accelerating trend of ice loss. However, experts emphasize this short-term gain does not rev...
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
The Stunning Reason Why Our Days Are Becoming Longer
- Tuesday July 16, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
It's well known that as far as the climate crisis goes, time is of the essence. Now a study out Monday shows that the melting of the polar ice caps is causing our planet to spin more slowly, increasing the length of days at an "unprecedented" rate.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Melting Polar Ice Changing Earth's Rotation And Messing With Time: Study
- Thursday March 28, 2024
- Science | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Since the polar ice is melting, the mass around the Earth's equator is increasing, which is affecting the planet's rotation.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
North Greenland's Ice Shelves Shrink By A Staggering 35% In 45 Years, Study Finds
- Wednesday November 8, 2023
- Science | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
The largest floating ice shelves in the polar ice sheet have lost more than a third of their volume since 1978.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Tides Are Eating Into Glaciers, Triggering More Melting, Study Finds
- Sunday May 14, 2023
- Science | Danielle Bochove, Bloomberg
Melting glaciers could raise sea levels more than previously thought because of the way polar ice behaves where it meets the ocean floor.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Italian Vessel In Antarctica Reaches New Destinations As Polar Ice Melts
- Tuesday January 31, 2023
- World News | Reuters
An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has done before, the organisers of the voyage said on Tuesday, a further sign of how ice is retreating around the poles.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
In The Deepest Arctic, Sled Dogs, Polar Bears, Famed Seed Vault Face Melting Snow, Ice
- Sunday May 27, 2018
- World News | Andrea Pitzer, The Washington Post
Unseasonal winter rain had seeped along the floor of the ice cave, freezing the last incline. That had made slipping to the bottom easy enough, but finding a way out was now a problem. Ten miles outside the northernmost town on the planet, six travelers were trapped at the back of an ice cave.
-
www.ndtv.com