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TopicAntarctic

Topic: Antarctic

Dolphins smile at each other during social play & Antarctica is ‘greening’ at dramatic rate

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Researchers used 1,000 historical photos to reconstruct 5 Antarctic glaciers before collapse

The images can be used to investigate other glaciers or ice shelves, changes to coastlines, penguin colonies, the expansion of vegetation, or even direct human impacts.

Warm water rushing towards world’s biggest ice sheet—that’s not good news

The resulting warmer waters and sea-level rise will damage marine life and threaten human coastal settlements.

South Pole warmer by 40°C, North Pole by 30°C. Simultaneous highs alarm scientists

Experts say what happened in Antarctica is 'probably just a random weather event and not a sign of climate change', but warn against the repercussions of repeated occurrence.

Lions engage in contagious yawning, mimic behaviour to harmonise group movements

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Antarctica’s snow is turning green while we are distracted by a coronavirus

The Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest-warming places on Earth, is seeing so-called snow algae turning the snow green.

Marine species relocating to poles & possible ancestor of all animals found in Australia

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Hotter than Shimla, 3 degrees colder than Delhi — Antarctica temperature hits record high

The last heat record for the Antarctic mainland came in 2015, when temperatures reached 17.5 degrees Celsius on 24 March.

Indian research team sets sail to Antarctic Ocean to study climate change

The 18-member Indian scientific expedition team's 60-day mission onboard research vessel S.A. Agulhas was flagged off from Mauritius.

China’s footprint in the Antarctic is growing and is set to match the US soon

China is building its fifth research station in Antarctica and is the second biggest source of tourists to the frigid continent.

On Camera

India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

SEBI green-lights NSE IPO. What exchange’s CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan revealed about next steps

Speaking at ThePrint OTC Thursday, NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said the exchange has been trying to list itself since 2016, but it couldn’t happen due to one reason or the other.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.