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New technology to record whale songs in Antarctica

Scientists have managed to capture up to 26,545 blue whale songs in the Antarctic in a study for whi...

Antarctica`s first whale skeleton found

Marine biologists have, for the first time, found a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctic...

Glaciers will melt faster than ever and loss could be irreversible, warn scientists

Canada`s Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries.

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Scientists find large meteorite in Antarctica

International scientists say they`ve discovered an 18-kilo meteorite in eastern Antarctica, the larg...

Ranulph Fiennes pulls out of Antarctic trek due to frostbite

British explorer Ranulph Fiennes has pulled out of an expedition to cross Antarctica because of seve...

Indian youth embark on global expedition to Antarctica

Aiming to spread the message of saving the planet, a select few youth, among other Indians are embar...

Ozone hole over Antarctica smallest in last decade

Satellite images show that the recent ozone hole discovered over Antarctica was the smallest seen in...

Antarctic drillers reach lake buried beneath ice

US scientists have successfully drilled into Lake Whillans, a body of water buried almost one kilome...

NASA Super-TIGER balloon shatters flight record

Flying high over Antarctica, NASA`s long duration balloon has broken the record for longest flight b...

Wind, snow thwart search for plane in Antarctica

Hurricane-force winds and snow were preventing searchers on Friday from reaching a plane believed to...

Super-TIGER smashes `cosmic-ray` balloon record in Antarctica

Super-TIGER, the balloon carrying the cosmic-ray detector, has set a new record by floating in the a...

First samples obtained from sub-glacial Antarctic lake

Russian researchers have obtained the first sample of transparent ice from the water of a unique sub...

Scientists deduce cosmic ray mystery

It has taken nearly 100 years of detective work to partially solve the cosmic ray mystery.

UK renames part of Antarctica after the Queen

Britain renamed a part of Antarctica, almost twice the size of the UK, after Queen Elizabeth II to h...

`Hidden` Antarctica ice lake may harbour unique microbial life

Scietists in Antarctica are in a race against time to drill through a two-mile-thick ice cap coverin...

Ice flow to ocean offsetting Antarctica`s ice gain: Study

A new study shows that a lot of the ice gain in the Antarctic ice sheet due to increased snowfall tr...

Leech cocoon preserves 200-mn-yr-old microbe

A 200 million-year-old hairy microbe has been discovered trapped inside a prehistoric cocoon of a le...

Ice loss in both Greenland and Antarctica three times more than estimated

The combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased duri...

Are humans driving blue whales into Antarctica?

Whaling activities are driving large numbers of the Australian blue whales into Antarctica, currentl...

India`s 1st disabled skydiver heads to Antarctica

Sai Prasad Vishwanathan, India`s first disabled skydiver who has since childhood suffered a loss of ...

Assam conservationist selected for Antarctica expedition

Assam conservationist Rituraj Phukan has been selected to tour Antarctica as a member of British pol...

Iran`s Navy aims to expand presence to Antarctica

Iran`s efforts have been interpreted as a response to America`s beefed-up naval deployment near Iran...

Newly discovered underground Antarctic valley `speeding ice loss`

Researchers have discovered a one mile deep rift valley hidden beneath the ice in West Antarctica, w...

Antarctica to face more threats, warn researchers

Urgent steps are required to protect the planet`s last great wilderness Antarctica, which is likely ...

Karakoram glaciers `not shrinking`

The Karakoram glaciers, located in the Karakoram Range between northern Pakistan and western China, ...

Arctic regions much more vulnerable to change than thought

First analyses of the longest sediment core ever collected on land in the terrestrial Arctic has pro...

Melting ice in Antarctica threatens Emperor penguins: Study

Rapid sea ice melting in Antarctica threatens the lives of Emperor penguins, and if global temperatu...

`Antarctica was warm enough to support vegetation`

A new study has found that climate in ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter that previously ...

15 distinct regions identified in Antarctica

Scientists have identified 15 distinct regions of Antarctica and its near-shore islands.

Mystery behind rising sea levels unlocked

Global sea levels rose by an average of 1.8mm per year from 1961-2003, according to data from tide g...

China installs largest optical telescope in Antarctica

A Chinese expedition team to Antarctica has finished installing and testing the largest optical tele...

Space pictures pick up lots more penguins

Scientists counting emperor penguins from space have found twice as many of the birds in Antarctica ...

Emperor penguins count double from Space!

Scientists counting emperor penguins from space have found twice as many of the birds in Antarctica ...

Satellite records Antarctica ice shelf`s retreat

The European Space Agency`s Envisat satellite continues to record the rapid retreat of one of Antarc...

Antarctic ice shelf may be disintegrating rapidly

ESA’s Envisat satellite, which marks ten years in orbit, is continuing to observe the rapid retreat ...

India`s 3rd research base in Antarctica begins on trial basis

India has done a soft launch of its third research station in Antarctica`s Larsemann Hills region.

Scientists pin down historic sea level rise

The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to ri...

West Antarctic ice shelves may be `fracturing and retreating inland`

Floating ice shelves of a critical portion of West Antarctica are gradually losing their hold on adj...

Future sea-level rise predicted in 3-mn-yr-old rocks

The height of ancient sea level indicates Greenland and the western part of Antarctica had no ice sh...

Algae bloom can be seen from space

The bloom, which is about 200 km wide and 100 km long, has been described by scientists as a "remark...

Antarctic-like salty, water sucking soil could exist on Mars too

The frigid dry valleys in Antarctica may be a polar desert, yet their sandy soils actually suck mois...

Fire at Brazil`s Antarctic base kills 2, injures 1

The blaze broke out in the machine room that houses the energy generators of the Comandante Ferraz s...

Putin hails Antarctic lake discovery

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has praised Russian scientists who have reached a gigantic freshwater ...

Earth losing roughly 150 bn tons of ice annually

Greenland, Antarctica and global glaciers and ice caps lost roughly 8 times the volume of Lake Erie ...

Experts may reach bottom of Lake Vostok in 2014

Russian scientists are planning to use robotic probes to reach water layers at the bottom of an anci...

Strong quake rattles remote Antarctica

A strong and shallow 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the remote South Shetland Islands region in A...

Remains of giant dinosaur discovered on Antarctica

Palaeontologists claim to have found the remains of a titanosaur, the family of giant plant-eating d...

Antarctica mapped `sans ice`

The map, BEDMAP2, gives the close-up view of Antarctica without its ice.

Drop in CO2 triggered polar ice sheet formation

A drop in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels seems to have triggered Antarctic ice sheet formation.

East Antarctica `experiencing climate change`

East Antarctica is experiencing a significant climate change, say scientists who claim to have found...

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