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Recovery seen in 4 East Antarctic glaciers after years of melting: What to know

In a surprising turn of events, Antarctica saw a net gain of 107.79 gigatons of ice per year between 2021 and 2023.

Surprising recovery seen in these East Antarctic glaciers after years of melting (Unsplash - representational image)

world news

Published on May 05, 2025 09:38 AM IST

BySumanti Sen

Passengers left shaken as 40-foot waves pummel cruise ship in Drake Passage

A luxury cruise turned terrifying as 40-ft waves battered a ship in the Drake Passage.

Cruise passengers faced 40-ft waves in Drake Passage. The viral video showed the ship swaying.(Instagram/lesleyannemurphy)

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Published on Apr 04, 2025 12:43 PM IST

ByMahipal Singh Chouhan

McDonald Island's Penguins at WH? Trump's tariff sparks outrage on Internet

McDonald Islands' penguins taxed: Netizens reacts as Trump's tariffs target remote and uninhabited places like Heard and McDonald Islands.

McDonald Island's Penguins: As Trump administration's announcement sparked criticism and outrage from Australia, several netizens took to X to share videos, memes and photos, showing that fumed penguins who are either leaving the island due to fear over Trump's tariffs.

world news

Updated on Apr 04, 2025 12:22 AM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

Astronaut reveals how Antarctica looks from polar orbit in a breathtaking video

Entrepreneur and adventurer Chun Wang, a private astronaut, shared a video that shows the unmatched beauty of Antarctica from space.

An astronaut's view of Antarctica from space. (X/@satofishi)

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Updated on Apr 03, 2025 07:07 AM IST

ByTrisha Sengupta

Meet the 8 South African researchers stuck with ‘madman’ in Antarctica

The nine-member team, facing winter storms, has sent an urgent plea for help amid escalating threats.

In a remote research base in Antarctica, a group of South African scientists are stranded with a supposed

world news

Published on Mar 20, 2025 02:37 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Fossil of oldest known modern bird uncovered in Antarctica: Report

A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits linking it to today’s waterfowl.

A fossil found in Antarctica revealed Vegavis iaai as the oldest known modern bird.(Representational image/Pixabay)

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Published on Feb 11, 2025 03:49 PM IST

ByMahipal Singh Chouhan

First major chunk breaks off world's biggest iceberg

world news

Updated on Feb 01, 2025 12:59 AM IST

AFP |

Meet Kaamya Karthikeyan: World's youngest girl to climb all 7 peaks

The youngest woman to climb the Seven Summits, Kaamya Karthikeyan, opens up about her achievements and her dream to complete the Explorer’s Grand Slam.

Kaamya Karthikeyan is the youngest woman to have climbed all the highest peaks across 7 continents.

htcity

Published on Jan 16, 2025 11:12 AM IST

BySamarth Goyal

Scientists drill to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic

Analysis of the ancient ice is expected to show how Earth's atmosphere and climate have evolved.

People walk through an ice core storage cave at Little Dome C field base on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in in eastern Antarctica. (PNRA/IPEV Beyond Epica via AP)(AP)

world news

Updated on Jan 09, 2025 05:36 PM IST

AP |

Antarctica turning green 'dramatically', trend accelerated over years: Study

Researchers found that vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula increased more than tenfold.

Antarctica has been shown to be warming faster than the global average. (Unsplash)(Unsplash)

world news

Published on Oct 05, 2024 09:39 PM IST

PTI |

Antarctica is turning green at an alarming rate, study reveals why

Antarctica's landscape is rapidly turning green, with vegetation cover increasing tenfold from 1986 to 2021, revealing the urgent impacts of climate change.

Antarctica's icy landscape is turning green, with vegetation cover rising tenfold since 1986.(Unsplash)

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Published on Oct 05, 2024 05:36 PM IST

PTI |

Weather Bee| July's sudden warming surge leads to the warmest day globally on re

A sharp rise in global temperatures has been recorded since July 18, reaching new daily highs and emphasising the volatility of climate patterns

A cyclist rides towards a thermometer that reads 45 degrees Celsius on a street of Seville on July 23, 2024. July 21, 2024 was the hottest day ever registered globally, according to preliminary data published on July 23, 2024 by the EU's climate monitor. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said the global average surface air temperature on July 21 was 17.09 degrees Celsius, a fraction above the previous record set in 2023. (Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP)(AFP)

environment

Published on Jul 26, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Whale-watching cruises take off Rio de Janeiro coast, begin captivating tourists

The tourism agency of Niteroi, Rio's sister city across the Guanabara Bay, launches a whale-watching program for tourists to closely observe the mammoth mammals

A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) jumps at the coast of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. From Antarctica to Brazil: Humpback whale-watching draw tourists to Rio de Janeiro (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

lifestyle

Published on Jun 22, 2024 04:22 PM IST

AP | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Rio De Janeiro

India to discuss new research station in Antarctica at Kerala climate meeting

Over 350 researchers and officials from nearly 40 countries are expected to attend the meeting.

The number of visitors is likely to hit 100,000 this season. (AP)

india news

Updated on May 29, 2024 02:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Window on the word: Why do accents form and why do they matter?

The study that recently revealed new speech patterns in Antarctica, reveals a lot more. What might people sound like in space, or on Mars?

(Images: Adobe Stock; Imaging: Monica Gupta)

lifestyle

Updated on Mar 30, 2024 01:36 PM IST

ByAnesha George

Iran claims Antarctica; US State Department responds to safety challenge

Iranian Navy commander's claims of Antarctica's ownership destabilise the the Antarctic Treaty of 1959.

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani vs Joe Biden(MEMRI TV)

world news

Published on Feb 15, 2024 07:39 PM IST

ByAshima Grover

Scientists study levels of toxic mercury in Antarctic seals, whales

Scientists at Spain's University of Murcia have previously found mercury in the feathers of chinstrap penguins on King George Island

science

Published on Feb 07, 2024 10:19 AM IST

AFP |

Antarctic volcano may hold clues to life on Mars

The horseshoe-shaped isle in the South Shetland Islands is the only place in the world where ships can sail into the caldera of an active volcano.

This NASA photo obtained May 23, 2021 shows NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter as it lands with a soft bounce(AFP)

science

Published on Feb 02, 2024 11:43 PM IST

AFP |

Cracks in the ice: A continental shift in Antarctica

The continent is recording new lows in sea ice and new highs in temperature. Penguins are seeing record die-offs. What else is the ice telling us? Take a look.

Tourists and Adelie penguins at Seymour Island. Over 1 lakh tourists visited Antarctica in 2023. (Getty Images)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 02, 2024 08:33 PM IST

ByNatasha Rego

The great defrost: Mridula Ramesh, on the perils of a melting Antarctica

It's been a rapid slide for the continent of ice, which was expanding until 2014. Mridula Ramesh on an ancient past, near future,and trade-offs to be made today

Sea ice reached a new low last year – the fourth new low here in seven years. The continent of ice is crumbling at its edges. One of these chunks is A23a (see aerial view above). The world’s largest iceberg – about four times the size of Delhi – is currently drifting and melting into the Southern Ocean. (Courtesy Ian Strachan / Eyos Expedition)

lifestyle

Updated on Mar 02, 2024 12:34 PM IST

ByMridula Ramesh

Decade-long data from Antarctic station released

Officials said that scientists have found that the total electron count (TEC) in the ionosphere peaks in the region during equinoctial months.

The findings are based on recordings between 2010 and 2022 at the Bharati station. (HT Archive)

india news

Updated on Dec 28, 2023 01:35 AM IST

BySoumya Pillai, New Delhi

Explained: How is world's largest iceberg drifting away from Antarctica?

The recent satellite pictures showed that the Antarctic iceberg called A23a was moving beyond the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

The world's largest iceberg named A23a in Antarctica. (Reuters)

world news

Updated on Nov 28, 2023 09:45 AM IST

BySanskriti Falor

World's largest iceberg breaks free, heads toward Southern Ocean

Since calving off West Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986, the iceberg — which once hosted a Soviet research station — has largely been stranded

A satellite imagery of the world's largest iceberg, named A23a, seen in Antarctica. (Reuters)

world news

Published on Nov 25, 2023 11:42 AM IST

Reuters |

New research reveals crucial insights on Antarctic ozone hole

The ozone layer 11 to 40 kilometres (seven to 25 miles) above Earth's surface filters out most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation.

science

Published on Nov 21, 2023 10:06 PM IST

AFP |

Antarctica's lost world: Ancient landscape formed by rivers revealed under ice

This landscape, located in East Antarctica's Wilkes Land region bordering the Indian Ocean, covers an area roughly the size of Belgium or US state of Maryland

An illustration shows how a landscape the size of Belgium located in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica would appear if the thick ice sheet covering it were lifted away. The landscape was discovered by scientists who used airborne ice penetrating radar measurements and satellite observations. (Stewart Jamieson, Durham University/Handout via REUTERS)

lifestyle

Published on Oct 25, 2023 02:58 PM IST

Reuters | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Washington

Sexual harassment thrives at Antarctica's McMurdo base, women's reports downplay

Antarctica's McMurdo Station faces pervasive sexual harassment; women's claims often minimized by employers, posing danger.

A sign is photographed at McMurdo Station on Dec. 4, 2018. The Associated Press found a pattern of women working in Antarctica who said their claims of sexual harassment or assault had been minimized by their employers. The AP investigation came after the National Science Foundation published a report in 2022 in which 59% of women said they'd had a negative experience of harassment or assault while on the ice. (National Science Foundation via AP)(AP)

world news

Published on Aug 27, 2023 10:36 AM IST

AP |

Watch: Russian scientists produce watermelons at ‘coldest place on Earth’

The team began the process by choosing ‘two types of early-ripening watermelons’ that could adapt to low atmospheric pressure and oxygen scarcity.

This could be positive news for the scientists residing in the region's challenging environment, as they will have a new food variety. (AARI)

science

Published on Aug 04, 2023 10:18 PM IST

ByLingamgunta Nirmitha Rao

Antarctic sea ice has shrunk by an area nine times the size of Britain

Today’s coverage is far below the average between 1981 and 2010. What will be the consequences?

Whatever is making the Antarctic more volatile—and thus vulnerable—is cause for concern.(AFP)

environment

Published on Jun 28, 2023 12:14 AM IST

The Economist

Mountain peaks three to four times higher than Mt. Everest found under ocean

According to the researchers, the mountains are parts of the lower mantle that have been superheated due to their proximity with Earth's incandescent core.

A boat navigates at night next to large icebergs near the town of Kulusuk, in eastern Greenland on Aug. 15, 2019.(AP)

science

Published on Jun 10, 2023 08:22 PM IST

ByYagya Sharma

Xi projects dominance in Indian Ocean, names 19 sea bed features

Out of the 19 seabed features, six are off the coast of Oman and the Chinese port of Djibouti off African horn, four are off the coast of Madagascar.

File photo of Wang Yuan 5 ballistic missile tracking sea surveillance ship at Sri Lanka Hambantota Port in August 2022.

world news

Published on Apr 17, 2023 07:00 AM IST

ByShishir Gupta, New Delhi

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In a surprising turn of events, Antarctica saw a net gain of 107.79 gigatons of ice per year between 2021 and 2023.

A luxury cruise turned terrifying as 40-ft waves battered a ship in the Drake Passage.

McDonald Islands' penguins taxed: Netizens reacts as Trump's tariffs target remote and uninhabited places like Heard and McDonald Islands.

Entrepreneur and adventurer Chun Wang, a private astronaut, shared a video that shows the unmatched beauty of Antarctica from space.

The nine-member team, facing winter storms, has sent an urgent plea for help amid escalating threats.

A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits linking it to today’s waterfowl.

First major chunk breaks off world's biggest iceberg

The youngest woman to climb the Seven Summits, Kaamya Karthikeyan, opens up about her achievements and her dream to complete the Explorer’s Grand Slam.

Analysis of the ancient ice is expected to show how Earth's atmosphere and climate have evolved.

Researchers found that vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula increased more than tenfold.

Antarctica's landscape is rapidly turning green, with vegetation cover increasing tenfold from 1986 to 2021, revealing the urgent impacts of climate change.

A sharp rise in global temperatures has been recorded since July 18, reaching new daily highs and emphasising the volatility of climate patterns

The tourism agency of Niteroi, Rio's sister city across the Guanabara Bay, launches a whale-watching program for tourists to closely observe the mammoth mammals

Over 350 researchers and officials from nearly 40 countries are expected to attend the meeting.

The study that recently revealed new speech patterns in Antarctica, reveals a lot more. What might people sound like in space, or on Mars?

Iranian Navy commander's claims of Antarctica's ownership destabilise the the Antarctic Treaty of 1959.

Scientists at Spain's University of Murcia have previously found mercury in the feathers of chinstrap penguins on King George Island

The horseshoe-shaped isle in the South Shetland Islands is the only place in the world where ships can sail into the caldera of an active volcano.

The continent is recording new lows in sea ice and new highs in temperature. Penguins are seeing record die-offs. What else is the ice telling us? Take a look.

It's been a rapid slide for the continent of ice, which was expanding until 2014. Mridula Ramesh on an ancient past, near future,and trade-offs to be made today

Officials said that scientists have found that the total electron count (TEC) in the ionosphere peaks in the region during equinoctial months.

The recent satellite pictures showed that the Antarctic iceberg called A23a was moving beyond the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Since calving off West Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986, the iceberg — which once hosted a Soviet research station — has largely been stranded

The ozone layer 11 to 40 kilometres (seven to 25 miles) above Earth's surface filters out most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation.

This landscape, located in East Antarctica's Wilkes Land region bordering the Indian Ocean, covers an area roughly the size of Belgium or US state of Maryland

Antarctica's McMurdo Station faces pervasive sexual harassment; women's claims often minimized by employers, posing danger.

The team began the process by choosing ‘two types of early-ripening watermelons’ that could adapt to low atmospheric pressure and oxygen scarcity.

Today’s coverage is far below the average between 1981 and 2010. What will be the consequences?

According to the researchers, the mountains are parts of the lower mantle that have been superheated due to their proximity with Earth's incandescent core.

Out of the 19 seabed features, six are off the coast of Oman and the Chinese port of Djibouti off African horn, four are off the coast of Madagascar.

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