Antarctica

Synopsis The Nature Geoscience journal published research that mentions the Doomsday Glacier could start melting uncontrollably and affect ecosystems in coastal areas. Thwaites glacier in Antarctica is also known as the "Doomsday Glacier." AgenciesResearch in the Nature Geoscience journal says that the Doomsday Glacier is on the verge of a…

Over the past decade, scientists studying sea level rise have turned their attention to western Antarctica, where one of the world’s largest glaciers has dumped over a trillion tons of ice into the ocean since the early 2000s. The Thwaites glacier has been referred to as the “doomsday glacier” because…

Reported By:| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Sep 07, 2022, 01:30 PM IST The melting of glaciers in Antarctica, though worrisome, is not an unheard-of phenomenon in the era of climate change. There are many repercussions of melting glaciers, but one specific glacier can cause a…

While droughts, heat waves, and flooding have taken center stage this summer for people around the world, it may be easy to forget about the looming threat posed by rising sea levels. That threat, however, is not actually so far off. For years, scientists have studied one particular ice sheet…

West Antarctica is undergoing rapid changes associated with both atmospheric and oceanic warming. This atmospheric warming, coupled with increased ocean temperature along the West Antarctic Peninsula, has led to glacier retreat along the coast. Scientists at Caltech and JPL have developed a new model suggesting that Antarctica’s ice shelves may…

by Jason Rainbow — August 4, 2022 This image compares optical red, green, blue imagery (left) with synthetic aperture radar imagery (right) to demonstrate how data from various sensors on the Descartes Labs platform can be used to detect illegal fishing. Credit: Descartes Labs TAMPA, Fla. — Private equity firm…

Home News Networking (Image credit: Shutterstock / S Zakharov) Two infrastructure companies from Chile and Singapore are preparing to build the first submarine internet cable to dock on the shores of Antarctica. The product of a partnership between Desarrollo País and H2 Cable, a subsidiary of BW Digital, the Humboldt…

Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are synthetic chemicals with various industrial and consumer applications that are now widely distributed globally. Also known as toxic ‘fluorinated forever chemicals,’ these chemicals do not break down naturally in the environment. A new study offers evidence that the levels of ‘forever chemicals’ have increased markedly in…

New evidence from Antarctica shows that toxic 'fluorinated forever chemicals' have increased markedly in the remote environment in recent decades and scientists believe CFC-replacements could be among likely sources. Known as forever chemicals because they do not break down naturally in the environment, chemicals such as perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) have…

NEW DELHI: The first week of the Monsoon session was washed out when Lok Sabha failed to transact much business on Friday owing to the opposition protest over price rise and GST on common food commodities. The house passed the Indian Antarctica Bill, 2022, in brief proceedings. The Rajya Sabha…