Beneath Antarctica’s kilometers-thick ice sheet lies a mysterious network of more than 600 “Antarctic lakes”, sealed off from sunlight and air for millennia. Now, scientists have taken their closest-ever look at the microbial life thriving in these extreme environments — and what they’ve found is rewriting our understanding of survival Read more…
In the icy expanse of Antarctica, where the battle against climate change is waged silently but fiercely, a new frontline has emerged beneath the formidable Thwaites Glacier. Recent research has unveiled a previously unknown assault on this colossal mass of ice, driven by the relentless forces of the ocean’s tides. Read more…
Ancient Penguin Bones : The ice age isn’t uncommon for our planet as it has seen many times even before the dawn of civilization. And the new ice age should have begun in the next few 100 years but thanks to the humans-propelled climate change the planet won’t be seeing Read more…
The researchers unexpectedly discovered the largest group of nesting fish – Icefish, under the Antarctic ice while surveying the seafloor life on an ice-breaking research vessel. The finding came as a surprise to the scientists. Until this finding, the deep-sea biologists recorded only a few clusters of Icefish nests in Read more…
Thwaites Glacier : The scientists revealed one of the direct threats to the global sea-level rise, and its enormity sends a chill down the spine. Antarctica, this white desert is home to the world’s largest glaciers. The researchers studying these glaciers to track possible threats and changes happening due to Read more…