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UN agency confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctica
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed a new maximum temperature record for the Antarctic of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit).
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World's largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica: European Space Agency
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 20 (ANI): An enormous iceberg has calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, lying in the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica.
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China plans to dominate global commons of Antarctica
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 22 (ANI): With an aim to dominate the Arctic and Antarctica regions, China has been pouring investments and aggressively constructing a fleet of polar icebreakers as part of its geopolitical ambitions, according to a report published in The National Interest.
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Aussie scientists embark on voyage to count Antarctic krill
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Canberra [Australia], January 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's national science agency has launched a voyage to Antarctica in an attempt to measure krill numbers.
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40th Indian scientific expedition to Antarctica launched
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): India on Monday launched the 40th scientific expedition to Antarctica, marking four decades of country's scientific endeavour to the southern white continent.
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Worsening rifts, fractures spotted at two of Antarctica's key glaciers
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Satellite imagery has revealed that two of the fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica are fracturing and weakening faster than ever - the first step towards the glaciers disintegrating and causing sea levels to rise dramatically.
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New born in London becomes youngest coronavirus victim
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 14 (ANI): A newborn in north-west London has become the youngest ever victim of the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has spread to every continent across the globe, apart from Antarctica, and infected more than 140,000 people with over 5,000 deaths.
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Melting of Antarctic ice sheet under 2@C warming
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Feb 12 (ANI): A study of the Antarctic ice sheet in a 2@C warmer world demonstrates the importance of meeting the Paris climate agreement.
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UK: Earthquake of 5.6 magnitude hits South Sandwich Island
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
South Sandwich [UK], Jan 23 (Sputnik/ANI): A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has been registered near the South Sandwich Islands in the Antarctic region, the US Geological Survey said.
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Fossils indicate of global warming on Earth even before dinosaur's extinct
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 15 (ANI): Evidence collected from the Antarctic seashells by researchers have revealed the earth was stressed and unstable even before the asteroid impact that led to wiping out of dinosaurs on the planet.
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Missing Chilean warplane reported as crashed: Air Force
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], Dec 10 (Sputnik/ANI): The Chilean warplane with 38 people on board which was reported missing has been recognized as crashed, said the country's Air Force on Tuesday.
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Researchers use largest radar in Antarctica for first measures of Earth's
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Nov 30 (ANI): Ionosphere is the chaos in the night sky, about 60 to 600 miles above Earth's surface. This layer of Earth's atmosphere is blasted by solar radiation that breaks down the bonds of ions. Free electrons and heavy ions are left behind, constantly colliding
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