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Study reveals influence of krill availability on humpback whale pregnancie
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Scientists show reduced krill supplies lead to fewer pregnancies in humpback whales, a finding that could have major implications for industrial krill fishing. Data from Antarctica show more humpback whales get pregnant after years with abundant krill than after years when krill were less pl
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Meteorite hunters find 17-pound space rock in Antarctica
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Antarctica is a tough place to work, for obvious reasons it's bitterly cold, remote, and wild. However, it's one of the best places in the world to hunt for meteorites. That's partly because Antarctica is a desert, and its dry climate limits the degree of weathering the meteorites experience
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Fossils reveal dinosaurs of prehistoric Patagonia: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study is providing a glimpse into dinosaur and bird diversity in Patagonia during the Late Cretaceous, just before the non-avian dinosaurs went extinct. The fossils represent the first record of theropods, a dinosaur group that includes both modern birds and their closest non-avian dinosau
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Current Antarctic conservation efforts insufficient to avoid biodiversity
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Existing conservation efforts are insufficient to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and population declines are likely for 65 per cent of the continent's plants and wildlife by the year 2100, according to a study
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Study identifies new cause for melting Antarctic ice shelves
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic. An international team of scientists found that adjacent ice shelves play a role in causing instability in others downstream.
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Mammoth DNA found in sediments likely came from long-dead animals: Researc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Precisely when mammoths went extinct has fascinated paleontologists for generations, perhaps because their decline coincided with the arrival of people to North and South America.
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Research finds ice-free Antarctic area growth leads to unbalanced biodiver
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A study into the impact of global warming on the biodiversity of the Antarctic has identified how the predicted expansion of ice-free areas will impact native animals and plants, paving the way for the invasion of non-native species in Antarctica.
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Scientists uncover new deets on ice formation below the ocean surface
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): Scientists have uncovered new details of how ice forming below the ocean surface in Antarctica provides cold dense water that sinks to the seabed in an important aspect of global water circulation.
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Scientists uncover evidence that the Late Cretaceous hosted icy conditions
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): Let's pretend it's the Late Cretaceous, roughly 66 to 100 million years ago. We've got dinosaurs roaming the land and odd-looking early species of birds, although the shark as we know it is already swimming in the prehistoric oceans which cover 82% of Ear
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Researchers warn Antarctica's ice shelves can melt at accelerated rate
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): Researchers have warned that Antarctica's ice shelves may be melting at an accelerated rate, which could eventually contribute to a more rapid sea level rise.
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Research: Ozone depletion over North Pole causes weather anomalies
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], July 11 (ANI): Although the ozone hole over Antarctica is well known, few people are aware that the protective ozone in the stratosphere periodically breaks down over the Arctic, depleting the ozone layer there. Prior to that, it occurred in the spring of 2011 and most
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Humanitarian Meera Gandhi supports the climate change campaign in Antarcti
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI/India PR Distribution): At a young age 16, Meera Gandhi started as a volunteer at Asha Daan in Mumbai, India, under the guidance of Mother Teresa.
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