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Scientists from Punjab University discover new plant species in Antarctica
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Shivani Kumar | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 09, 2021 07:47 AM IST
The scientists have named the species 'Bryum Bharatiensis' as a tribute to goddess Saraswati, who is also known as 'Bharati'.
Antarctica hits record temperature of 18.3°C, UN confirms report
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Joydeep Bose
PUBLISHED ON JUL 02, 2021 06:12 AM IST
According to the UN agency, the high temperatures in Antarctica are a result of a large high-pressure system creating "fohn conditions", which are downslope winds creating significant surface warming.
World’s largest iceberg, 3 times the size of Delhi, breaks off in Antarctica
Bloomberg | | Posted by Prashasti Singh
PUBLISHED ON MAY 20, 2021 01:52 PM IST
Iceberg A-76 calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica and is now floating on the Weddell Sea, the European Space Agency said.
Researchers accidentally discover extreme life beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 16, 2021 05:55 PM IST
Dr Huw Griffiths, marine biologist and lead author of the study, said that the stationary animals are like sponges and potentially several previously unknown species.
Wallet lost in Antarctica found 53 years later
AP | By HT Correspondent, California
PUBLISHED ON FEB 07, 2021 03:01 AM IST
- Grisham, who joined the Navy in 1948, was sent to Antarctica as part of Operation Deep Freeze, which supported scientists.
Scientific expedition team of 43 members to leave for Antarctica from Goa on January 6
Panaji | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Srivatsan K C
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 05:45 PM IST
The team comprises scientists, engineers, doctors and technicians and is led by three polar veterans, said Javed Beg, group director (Antarctic Operations and Infrastructure) at the National Centre for Polar and Oceanic Research (NCPOR) in Goa.
Coronavirus reaches end of earth as first outbreak hits Antarctica
Santiago | By Reuters | Posted by Shivani Kumar
UPDATED ON DEC 23, 2020 07:01 AM IST
Chile’s armed forces said at least 36 people had been infected at its Bernardo O’Higgins base, including 26 army personnel and 10 civilian contractors conducting maintenance at the base.
Giant iceberg expected to collide with South Georgia this month
By Asian News International | Posted by Shivani Kumar
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2020 10:04 PM IST
According to the findings, the iceberg has been travelling thousands of kilometers from the Larsen C ice shelf, in Antarctica, since 2017 and now is around at a distance of 120 km from South Georgia.
Imtiaz Ali-Ida Ali’s pictures from Antarctica trip are all things dreamy, exotic and father-daughter goals
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By Zarafshan Shiraz
UPDATED ON NOV 02, 2020 06:07 PM IST
Not for the faint-hearted: Imtiaz Ali gives fans a glimpse into his life changing travel experience with daughter Ida Ali at the Antarctica, earlier this year and we can’t help but wish for a similar surreal trip to the snow-covered peaks and glaciers in the frozen wilderness of the South Pole
Antarctica is still free of Covid-19. Can it stay that way?
JOHANNESBURG | By Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai
UPDATED ON SEP 12, 2020 10:47 PM IST
From the UK’s Rothera Research Station off the Antarctic peninsula that curls toward the tip of South America, field guide Rob Taylor described what it’s like in “our safe little bubble.”
Satellite images show fractures in Antarctica’s ice shelves, risk collapse as the climate warms
London | By Reuters | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 12:41 PM IST
Antarctica’s ice shelves, the size of US and Mexico combined, are on the verge of splitting amid global warming
Warming waters drive unprecedented algal blooms in Antarctica, scientists find
Hindustan Times, Panaji | By Gerard de Souza | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
UPDATED ON JUL 22, 2020 09:10 AM IST
The blooms occurred in October-November of 2017 during the austral summer and spring in the southern hemisphere.
Lunar eclipse 2020: What is a penumbral lunar eclipse?
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
UPDATED ON JUL 05, 2020 01:05 PM IST
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the earth’s umbra or the central, dark part of its shadow obscures all of the moon’s surface. A partial lunar eclipse can be seen when only part of the moon’s surface is obscured by earth’s umbra.
Scientists identify the cleanest air on Earth. Find out where
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com |Edited by Anubha Rohatgi
UPDATED ON JUN 03, 2020 12:11 AM IST
The study suggests that the Southern Ocean that encircles Antarctica is one of very few places on Earth that has been minimally affected by anthropogenic or human activities.
Covid-19 breaks out on cruise ship bound for Antarctica
Montevideo, Uruguay | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 09, 2020 07:30 AM IST
Of 217 people tested on the vessel, 128 were positive for the coronavirus that causes the disease and 89 tested negative, Aurora Expeditions said.
Coronavirus has affected millions, but these countries are still free from it
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 31, 2020 01:49 PM IST
The residents of these remote places are, however, preparing themselves in the wake of the global outbreak of coronavirus.
Snow in Antarctica mysteriously turns blood red. Here’s what happened
New Delhi | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON FEB 28, 2020 06:14 PM IST
Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science took to Facebook to explain why this happened.
Antarctica’s melting glacier may put coastal cities around the world at risk
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON FEB 03, 2020 04:11 PM IST
Scientists working on the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica have recorded, for the first time, unusually warm water beneath a glacier the size of Florida that is already melting and contributing to a rise in sea levels. Read more about it...
In a first, man swims under Antarctic ice sheet. This is why he did it
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Trisha Sengupta
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2020 08:42 PM IST
Lewis Pugh swam while wearing only swimming trunks, a cap, and goggles.
Chile: Plane that vanished en route to Antarctica found
Santiago | By Associated Press
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2019 06:56 AM IST
An international team of searchers continued the hunt, while officials on shore said they would use DNA analysis to identify the crash victims.
Antarctica, Earth’s heart
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 04, 2019 02:50 PM IST
Expanding and contracting like the beating of the heart, Antarctica is the world’s fifth largest continent bigger than Oceania and Europe.
In Antarctica, tourists swim among penguins in frigid water
Half Moon Island, Antarctica | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON NOV 29, 2019 12:59 PM IST
Antarctica’s vulnerability is attracting a large number of visitors, with tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of what one day might be gone.
Minecraft@10: Crafting castles on the web
Hindustan Times | By Natasha Rego
UPDATED ON JUL 20, 2019 02:02 PM IST
To mark the decade, Mojang has announced free-to-download releases, including a Minecraft Classic version with all the original bugs.
People in US are throwing boiling water in Polar Vortex air. See what happens
By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 31, 2019 09:01 PM IST
Videos and photos showing train tracks in Chicago set on fire are also circulating online.
Colder than Antarctica: Brutal deep freeze grips US Midwest
Chicago | By AFP
UPDATED ON JAN 30, 2019 11:28 PM IST
The National Weather service said the temperature in Chicago dropped on Wednesday morning to minus 19 degrees, breaking the previous record low for the day set in 1966.
Newly discovered super-Earth exoplanet may harbour alien life
New York | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2019 01:10 PM IST
Barnard b (or GJ 699 b) is a super-Earth with a minimum of 3.2 Earth masses. It orbits its red star every 233 days near the snow-line, a distance where water freezes.
Arunima becomes world’s first woman amputee to scale Mt Vinson
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By HT Correspondent, Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON JAN 05, 2019 08:34 AM IST
The world’s first woman amputee who climbed Mount Vinson (highest peak of Antarctica).
UP cadre IPS Aparna Kumar to be the first serving officer to reach south pole
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By HT Correspondent, Lucknow:
PUBLISHED ON JAN 03, 2019 12:49 PM IST
Mother of two, Aparna has already become the first officer of the All India Services to have successfully scaled Antarctica’s highest peak Mount Vinson Massif in 2016 and then climbed Mount Manaslu in the west-central part of Nepal in 2017.
US explorer Colin O’Brady becomes first person to complete solo trek across Antarctica
Washington | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON DEC 27, 2018 09:31 AM IST
Colin O’Brady said he made the decision over breakfast to finish his journey in one continuous push.
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits close to Antarctica: USGS
Reuters | By Reuters
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2018 08:29 AM IST
A magnitude 7.1 quake struck on Monday in the southern Pacific Ocean.
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