Antarctica Thwaites ice shelf that holds Thwaties Glacier (roughly the size of Britain) in place is riddled with cracks and is in process of collapse within next few years CompleteContinue Reading
Antarctica is the world’s highest, driest, coldest, windiest, and brightest continent. It is about the size of the United States and Mexico combined and is almost entirely covered by aContinue Reading
Last Monday, the Lok Sabha approved the Indian Antarctic Bill 2022, which seeks to establish national safeguards for the Antarctic ecosystem, which is undergoing fast change. Climate change and globalContinue Reading
According to a news statement from the Earth Institute at Columbia University, a major portion of the Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica, called “Larsen-B,” has broken out into the ocean.Continue Reading
Researchers have discovered the sudden disappearance of a massive, icy lake in East Antarctica. Scientists say that the lake disappeared from the Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf sometime during the 2019Continue Reading
The ice shelf that holds Antarctica’s massive Pine Island Glacier from collapsing into the Southern Ocean is breaking up faster than before as climate change weakens the natural barriers to glacial melting,Continue Reading
Half of Antarctica’s ice shelves could collapse in a flash, however, the time frame over which this process could happen is the biggest question. As meltwater rushes through the cracksContinue Reading
A team of biologists from the University of Cambridge have created the first-ever large-scale map of algae blooming across the Antarctica — and turning parts of the continent green. SoContinue Reading
