‘Within decade, Arctic Ocean will be ice-free each summer’
October 15th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 15 (IANS) The ice cover over the Arctic Ocean is continuing to get thinner, according to new data released here Thursday, which supports the theory that due to global warming ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Arctic could be ice-free in as little as ten years’ time
October 15th, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 15 (ANI): A top Polar specialist has warned that the Arctic Ocean could be largely ice-free and open to shipping during the summer in as little as ten years' time."It's ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Current carbon dioxide levels also prevailed 15 mn years ago
October 9th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 9 (IANS) You would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels as high as they are today, say scientists.
Then "global temperatures were ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
CO2 levels on Earth 15 mln yrs ago were as high as they are today
October 9th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 9 (ANI): In a new research, a scientist of Indian origin has determined that carbon dioxide (CO2) levels on Earth 15 million years ago were as high as they are ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Extent of Arctic Sea ice is third lowest on record
October 7th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) The extent of the Arctic Sea ice this year or the area covered by floating ice was the third lowest since satellite measurements were first made in 1979. ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Arctic Ocean may turn into ‘polluted soup’ by 2070
August 7th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 7 (ANI): A climate model has predicted that global warming, combined with nuclear waste, may make the Arctic Ocean a polluted soup by the year 2070.According to a report in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Alaska Blob: Oceanic ‘UFO’ (Unfathomable Floating Object)
July 17th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by GD
In what appears to resemble a Hollywood sci-fi flick, a recent bit of intriguing environmental news has zapped the scientific community, who seem to be at a loss to identify a ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Huge blob of mysterious Arctic goo may be biological in origin
July 17th, 2009 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): Huge blob of mysterious goo floating through the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic Ocean has baffled experts, who say the stuff might be biological.The blob is thick and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Arctic could teem with life by 2030 due to global warming
July 9th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 9 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have said that as global warming removes the Arctic's icy lid, the region is expected to teem with life by the year 2030. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
NASA spacecraft reveals dramatic thinning of Arctic sea ice
July 8th, 2009 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
Washington, July 8 (ANI): Data from a NASA Earth-orbiting spacecraft has revealed a dramatic thinning of Arctic sea ice between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists see dramatic increase in amount of fresh water in Arctic Ocean
July 5th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new study by scientists has shown a dramatic increase in the amount of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean.Fresh water flowing into or out of the Arctic ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists develop new cleaning protocol for future ’search for life’ missions
June 9th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 9 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new cleaning protocol for space hardware, such as the scoops of Mars rovers, which could be used on future "Search for Life" missions on ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Gruelling Arctic mission to study impacts of global warming ends
May 14th, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 14 (ANI): The Catlin Arctic Survey, a gruelling 10-week expedition to measure the thickness of sea-ice that will help study the impacts of global warming in the region, has ended. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
UK explorer aims to set new Arctic endurance record
May 8th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 8 (ANI): UK explorer Adrian Hayes aims to set a new Arctic endurance record. This time the Dubai-based adventurer is hoping to make the longest unassisted Arctic Polar journey in ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Global warming maybe poisoning food for Arctic people
April 18th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 18 (ANI): In a new research, a team of scientists has found that global warming is not just transforming the land for the Arctic people, but it is also poisoning ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Arctic Ocean to lose ice cover in 30 years
April 3rd, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 3 (IANS) Thanks to the acceleration in global warming, the Arctic Ocean will lose its ice cover in the next 30 years, says a new study, and not in 100 ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Asiatic turtle migrated to America over a tropical Arctic
February 2nd, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Feb 2 (IANS) Fossils of a tropical fresh water Asian turtle that surfaced in Arctic Canada suggest they migrated to North America not around Alaska but directly across a freshwater sea ... Read more...
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Ancient turtle rode freshwater wave to migrate from Asia to North America
February 2nd, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found a surprise fossil of a tropical, freshwater, Asian turtle in Arctic Canada, which suggests that the ancient animal migrated from ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Climate change has been most significant in recent decades, says study
November 7th, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): A new study has determined that while Earth experienced numerous changes in climate over the past 65 million years, recent decades have experienced the most significant climate ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Arctic ice melt in 2008 has been fascinating and alarming, say scientists
October 6th, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Ottawa, Oct 6 (ANI): Climate scientists have said that the melting of the Arctic ice this year has been fascinating and alarming.According to a report in the Vancouver Sun, so much ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
After 3.5 millon years, Pacific creatures set to invade Atlantic
August 11th, 2008 - 10:05 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Aug 11 (IANS) With global warming hastening the shrinkage of the Arctic Ocean ice cover, scientists have warned that the North Pole may face ice-free summers as early as 2013. Further, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Ice cover in Arctic Ocean in 2008 will lie below that of 2005
July 10th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 10 (ANI): Based on a model study, climate scientists have estimated that the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean at the end of summer 2008 will lie, with almost ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Volcanic eruptions fire Arctic ice bottoms
June 26th, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 26 (IANS) Volcanic eruptions deep below the icy bottom of Arctic Ocean are spewing splintered, fragmented rock, even though intense weight and pressure of water rules them out in theory. ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Evidence of explosive volcanism in Arctic Ocean seen for first time
June 26th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 26 (ANI): An international team of researchers has provided evidence of explosive volcanism in the deeps of the ice-covered Arctic Ocean for the first time.The researchers were led by ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Polar Bears left vulnerable after being listed as threatened, not endangered
May 15th, 2008 - 1:46 pm ICT by admin
London, May 15 (ANI): Polar bears have been listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA), rather than endangered.According to a report in Nature News, Dirk Kempthorne, the ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Russian bombers conduct patrol over Arctic Ocean
May 14th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 14 (RIA Novosti) Two Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers have carried out a routine patrol over remote areas of the Arctic that lasted for almost 20 hours, a Russian air ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Ancient graves being dragged out to sea
May 4th, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by admin
London, May 4 (ANI): As climate change is accelerating soil erosion in the Alaskan Arctic, ancient graveyards are being dragged out to sea.
Archaeologists are trying to preserve the remains of the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Largest ice-shelf fractures into three
April 16th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by admin
Toronto, April 16 (IANS) The largest ice-shelf in the northern hemisphere has fractured into three pieces, the first intimation of which has come from images clicked by the Radarsat satellite. A team ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Discovery of 2 billion year old rocks may shed light on mantle formation
April 12th, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 12 (ANI): Geologists have unearthed ancient rocks from the ocean floor of the North Pole that date back to 2 billion years, which may shed light on the formation ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Tricolour hoisted at North Pole for first time
April 10th, 2008 - 9:20 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The chests of the 10 Indian Navy men swelled with pride as the tricolour, hoisted at the North Pole for the first time, fluttered in the air ... Read more...
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Campaign to beam first advertisement into space
March 8th, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by admin
London, March 8 (IANS) A campaign to broadcast the first advertisement into space has just got underway with the University of Leicester (U-L) space scientists playing a key part in the process. ... Read more...
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Now, an ad for aliens in outer space
March 8th, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 8 (ANI): A campaign has been launched in the UK that would broadcast the first ever advertisement into space, which might be watched by any alien life form in the ... Read more...
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Scientists use satellite to track the motion of Arctic ice during summers
February 27th, 2008 - 3:25 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): Scientists have found a way to track the motion of Arctic ice during summers using the Earth Observing Systems Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on the Aqua satellite.For ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
River carbon impacts Arctic Ocean much more than previously believed
February 13th, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): A new study has indicated that arctic rivers, which transport huge quantities of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to the Arctic Ocean, has much more impact on its chemistry ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Global warming causes older Arctic sea ice to almost disappear (Re-Issue)
January 21st, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 21 (ANI): A new study using satellite measurements has revealed that thick Arctic sea ice older than nine years, had all but disappeared by 2007, because of global warming.According to ... Read more...
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