Generally, it is believed that there are 7 continents in the world but some nations are of the view that there are only 4. This discrepancy is caused by the fact that we don’t have a definite definition for this entity and none of the speculations can be rejected. Although the distribution of continents is…
According to a news report from Nature, an ice-covered lake in Antarctica is teeming with bacterial life. The southernmost continent of our planet, Antarctica, is generally considered an inhospitable wasteland of ice and snow but recent research shows that there is much more to it than the extreme environment. The researching team found colonies of…
An international team of researchers discovers that the Greenland Ice Sheet is doing some serious damage to the environment. Methane is the simplest alkane with four atoms of Hydrogen surrounding a central atom of Carbon. It is one of the important greenhouse gases and plays a significant role in causing ‘Global Warming’. According to an…
Oceans might engulf the coastal cities of the world if the ice loss in Antarctica is not controlled. The melting of ice in Antarctica is probably the most dangerous impact of global warming if we consider the devastation, it can cause in the future. According to an estimate, sea level would rise at around 70…
Scientists may have found a Supersymmetric particle called Stau Sleptons emerging from the Antarctic soil. Antarctica is located in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere. The southernmost continent of our planet is quite unique in itself but a recent study suggests that an even more strange particle is coming out of it. In March…
Slow yet vigorous interior massive tremors known as ‘Ice Quakes’, caused by the sudden movement of ice over rough patches of rock within glacier or by fracturing crevasses (which according to some measurements are the equivalent of magnitude-7 earthquakes), are making Antarctica tremor. Ice Quakes differentiate, however, from the conventional micro-quakes and tremors triggered by…
The detached glacier from the ice cap Larsen C in Antarctica is now floating on the sea. In July, the A68 glacier managed to break out of the Larsen C Ice Shelf and now floats on the sea. It has an impressive surface of 5,800 square kilometers and weighs a trillion tons. The impressive size…
An article published in the journal Geological Societey demonstrates that under the ice cap are 91 underground volcanoes, unknown until now. These volcanoes discovered in Western Antarctica, along with 47 others that geologists already knew about, turn Western Antarctica into one of the most volcanic regions of the planet. The new discovery took place…
Starting from the French scientific base on the Adélie Coast of East Antarctica, Laurent Ballesta and his team are ready to dive under the ice. Sinking was done through a hole whose ice was about 10 meters thick. “Grabbing the safety rope, I pull myself up inch by inch, but my shoulders get stuck. Suddenly…
In the past, scientists began to notice that the ozone layer above Antartica was thinning dramatically, but now the situation has changed. Until 1986 the reason for what happened was chlorofluorocarbons, gases that were used in air conditioners. Luckily, governments banned the use of these gases at that time. The ozone hole forms every year…
‘Dragon’s Ice’ has been observed recently in Antarctica, the last time this phenomenon was seen was 10 years ago. This extreme phenomenon rarely occurs only during the strong wind, the result being a natural water formation that no one has been able to study in detail before. ‘Extremely rare and also bizarre, this phenomenon is…
Physicists have announced a new Antarctic regelation plan. Installation of 10 million wind pumps above the ice coat to replenish the voids in which the holes where the ice melt. Researchers in Switzerland have begun their tests to see if they can support the entire ice cap during the summer with the help of…