Jan 28, 2024, at 05:17 am
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey have discovered four previously unknown emperor penguin breeding sites.
Antarctica records first bird flu case: Reports
Oct 26, 2023, at 04:24 pm
A lethal strain of bird flu has been detected in Antarctica, a region known for being the key breeding ground for many birds.
Deep ocean waters in Antarctica are shrinking and warming: Study
Jun 13, 2023, at 02:50 pm
Antarctic Bottom Water is the coldest, densest water mass on the planet and plays a pivotal role in regulating the ocean’s ability to store heat and capture carbon.
Antarctica ‘should not be taken for granted’ scientists declare, amid extreme weather uptick
Apr 02, 2022, at 10:44 pm
New York: Antarctica, the world’s coldest, windiest and driest continent, has often been referred to as a stable ‘sleeping giant’, but increasingly extreme temperatures, together with unusual rain and ice shelf shifts, remind us that it must not be taken for granted, the UN Weather Agency (WMO) warned on Friday.
More than 20 Covid cases detected on Argentine research station in Antarctica
Jan 21, 2022, at 03:15 pm
Buenos Aires/UNI/Sputnik: More than 20 cases of the coronavirus have been detected on the Esperanza Base research station of Argentina in Antarctica, media reported.
Former UN Climate Chief join Homeward Bound: Unique initiative prepares women for leadership
Dec 27, 2019, at 01:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres, recently joined Homeward Bound, a global leadership initiative for women with a background in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM).
Thousands of emperor penguin chicks wiped out in Antarctica
Apr 25, 2019, at 02:10 pm
London, Apr 25 (UNI) Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were being raised was destroyed in severe weather.
Huge cavity in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay: NASA
Feb 01, 2019, at 06:34 pm
Washington, Feb 1 (IBNS): A gigantic cavity — two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall — growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is one of several disturbing discoveries reported in a new NASA-led study of the disintegrating glacier.
More Glaciers in east Antarctica are waking up: NASA
Dec 12, 2018, at 04:08 pm
New York, Dec 12 (IBNS): East Antarctica has the potential to reshape coastlines around the world through sea level rise, but scientists have long considered it more stable than its neighbor, West Antarctica.
NASA reveals hot news from the Antarctic underground
Nov 08, 2017, at 09:47 pm
Washington, Nov 8 (IBNS): A new NASA study adds evidence that a geothermal heat source called a mantle plume lies deep below Antarctica's Marie Byrd Land, explaining some of the melting that creates lakes and rivers under the ice sheet.
Study finds more losers than winners for Southern Ocean marine life
Sep 06, 2017, at 12:37 am
London, Sept 5 (IBNS): A new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be more ‘losers’ than ‘winners’ over the next century as the Antarctic seafloor warms. The results are published today (4 September) in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Giant Antarctica iceberg twice the size of Luxembourg breaks off
Jul 13, 2017, at 08:49 pm
London, Jul 13 (IBNS) : A giant iceberg twice the size of Luxembourg and one of the largest ever recorded, has broken off an ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula and is now adrift in the Weddell Sea, media reports said.
Giant Antarctic iceberg set to break away, say Swansea researchers
Jan 07, 2017, at 01:16 am
New York, Jan 6 (IBNS): An iceberg expected to be one of the 10 largest ever recorded is ready to break away from Antarctica, according to Swansea University scientists.