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Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020

Antarctica

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...
Antarctica’s melting glacier may put coastal cities around the world at risk
Feb 03, 2020 16:10
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... read more
Lewis Pugh swam while wearing only swimming trunks, a cap, and goggles.
In a first, man swims under Antarctic ice sheet. This is why he did it
Jan 26, 2020 20:42
Lewis Pugh swam while wearing only swimming trunks, a cap, and goggles. read more
An international team of searchers continued the hunt, while officials on shore said they would use DNA analysis to identify the crash victims.
Chile: Plane that vanished en route to Antarctica found
Dec 13, 2019 06:56
An international team of searchers continued the hunt, while officials on shore said they would use DNA analysis to identify the crash victims. read more
Expanding and contracting like the beating of the heart, Antarctica is the world’s fifth largest continent bigger than Oceania and Europe.
Antarctica, Earth’s heart
Dec 04, 2019 14:45
Expanding and contracting like the beating of the heart, Antarctica is the world’s fifth largest continent bigger than Oceania and Europe. read more
Antarctica’s vulnerability is attracting a large number of visitors, with tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of what one day might be gone.
In Antarctica, tourists swim among penguins in frigid water
Nov 29, 2019 12:58
Antarctica’s vulnerability is attracting a large number of visitors, with tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of what one day might be gone. read more
To mark the decade, Mojang has announced free-to-download releases, including a Minecraft Classic version with all the original bugs.
Minecraft@10: Crafting castles on the web
Jul 19, 2019 20:41
To mark the decade, Mojang has announced free-to-download releases, including a Minecraft Classic version with all the original bugs. read more
Videos and photos showing train tracks in Chicago set on fire are also circulating online.
People in US are throwing boiling water in Polar Vortex air. See what happens
Jan 31, 2019 18:40
Videos and photos showing train tracks in Chicago set on fire are also circulating online. read more
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.
Colder than Antarctica: Brutal deep freeze grips US Midwest
Jan 30, 2019 23:27
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. read more
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.
Newly discovered super-Earth exoplanet may harbour alien life
Jan 16, 2019 13:09
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. read more
The world’s first woman amputee who climbed Mount Vinson (highest peak of Antarctica).
Arunima becomes world’s first woman amputee to scale Mt Vinson
Jan 05, 2019 08:34
The world’s first woman amputee who climbed Mount Vinson (highest peak of Antarctica). read more
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.
UP cadre IPS Aparna Kumar to be the first serving officer to reach south pole
Jan 03, 2019 12:49
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. read more
Colin O’Brady said he made the decision over breakfast to finish his journey in one continuous push.
US explorer Colin O’Brady becomes first person to complete solo trek across Antarctica
Dec 27, 2018 09:31
Colin O’Brady said he made the decision over breakfast to finish his journey in one continuous push. read more
A magnitude 7.1 quake struck on Monday in the southern Pacific Ocean.
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits close to Antarctica: USGS
Dec 11, 2018 08:29
A magnitude 7.1 quake struck on Monday in the southern Pacific Ocean. read more
Scientist Jeremy Harbeck spotted the icebergs
NASA spots not one but two rectangular icebergs in Antarctica
Oct 25, 2018 16:22
Scientist Jeremy Harbeck spotted the icebergs read more
Although there are extensive satellite data that help image the surface of the Earth and its deep interior, there was a gap around the South Pole area.
Hidden valleys and mountain ranges discovered under Antarctica ice
May 28, 2018 12:03
Although there are extensive satellite data that help image the surface of the Earth and its deep interior, there was a gap around the South Pole area. read more

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