Scientists to hunt microbes beneath Antarctic ice sheet
The lake, which measures nearly 62 square miles, was discovered more than a decade ago through satellite images but has never before been explored.
Jan 05, 2019, 14:26 PM IST
Antarctic Ice Sheet plays pivotal role in climate variability
The discovery may be a step ahead in explaining why sea ice in the southern hemisphere has been on the rise despite warming of the rest of the Earth.
Dec 14, 2016, 11:48 AM IST
Global warming: West Antarctic ice sheet could melt in next 1,000 years!
The Antarctic already today contributes to the annual sea level rise with 0.4 millimetres, as per scientific findings.
Feb 10, 2016, 22:17 PM IST
Forget Grand Canyon, world's largest canyon hidden under Antarctic!
The canyon system is made up of a chain of winding and linear features buried under several kilometres of ice in one of the last unexplored regions of the Earth's land surface - Princess Elizabeth Land (PEL) in East Antarctica.
Jan 14, 2016, 22:01 PM IST
Himalayan glaciers to ice in Antarctica!
The NASA study challenges the oft-repeated findings of the United Nation's panel on climate change, the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that forecast a grim future for the melting ice sheets of the Antarctic.
Nov 08, 2015, 11:26 AM IST
Antarctica is gaining ice: NASA
According to the analysis of satellite data, the Antarctic ice sheet showed a net gain of 112 billion tonnes of ice a year from 1992 to 2001.
Nov 02, 2015, 10:55 AM IST
Increase in Antarctic snow is greater than losses: NASA
A new NASA study has revealed that the mass gains of Antarctic Ice Sheet is currently adding enough ice to the continent to outweigh the increased losses from its thinning glaciers.
Nov 01, 2015, 00:04 AM IST
Two degrees Celsius warming will spike sea level rise
Using computer modelling, the researchers simulated the ice sheet's response to a warming climate under a range of greenhouse gas emission scenarios.
Oct 19, 2015, 16:46 PM IST
