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16-Year-Old Indian Scales Mount Everest, Sets Sight On Antarctica's Vinson Massif
The Indian Navy today congratulated Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 16-year-old class XII student of Navy Children School in Mumbai, on becoming the youngest Indian and the second youngest girl in the world to summit Mount Everest from the Nepal side.
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Scientists Find When And Why Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" Began Melting
Scientists have reconstructed the past life of Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" and discovered how it started retreating rapidly in the 1940s.
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Watch: Boeing 787 Becomes Biggest Plane To Land On Antarctica's "Blue Ice Runway"
A Boeing 787 has become the largest passenger aircraft to land on Antarctica's "blue ice runway". The flight operated by Norse Atlantic Airways and named Everglades landed at the Troll Airfield in Antarctica on Wednesday.
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"Devastating": Bird Flu Detected In Antarctica For First Time
Bird flu has been detected in the Antarctica region for the first time, according to British experts, raising concerns the deadly virus could pose a threat to penguins and other local species.
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Antarctic Ocean Ice Melts To Record Low. How This Impacts Global Warming
The Antarctic Ocean area covered by ice has shrunk to a record low, exposing the thicker ice shelves buttressing Antarctica's ground ice sheet to waves and warmer temperatures, scientists reported Thursday.
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In Pics: This Is What Freezing Antarctica Weather Does To Food
French astrobiologist Cyprien Verseux was conducting research in Antarctica when the temperatures dipped to as low as -60 degrees Celsius. In conditions like that, he decided to check how the food we eat every day behaves in such low temperatures.
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Antarctica Records Hottest Temperature Ever At 18.3 Degrees
A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent amid rising concern about global warming that has caused an increase in the melting of ice sheets around the south pole.
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Floating Debris Seen Near Location Of Missing Chile Plane With 38 People
Rescuers hunting for a Chilean air force plane that went missing as it headed for Antarctica with 38 people aboard have recovered floating debris that may be from the C-130''s fuel tanks, the military said Wednesday.
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80,000 Tourists Visit Antarctica To Swim With Penguins Amid Criticism
"It's like getting stabbed," a tourist exclaims as he plunges into the three degree Celsius (37 Fahrenheit) water, all under the intrigued gaze of a group of penguins.
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Ozone Hole Above Antarctica Is Smallest On Record, But There's A Catch
The Antarctic ozone hole hit its smallest annual peak on record since tracking began in 1982, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA announced Monday. Although we're making progress in cutting down on the use of ozone-depleting chemicals, the milestone doesn't mean we've solved the problem, the agencies cautioned.
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13-Year-Old Indian Mountaineer Aims To Scale Antartica's Highest Peak
Thirteen-year-old Aaryan Balaji -- one of the youngest mountaineers to hold many records including crossing three passes and scaling three peaks in Nepal last year -- is all set to scale Antarctica''s tallest Mt. Vinson and Mt Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America, in December this year.
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Antarctica Has Mountain Ranges Bigger Than Manhattan Deep Beneath Its Ice
A team of British researchers used "ice penetrating radar" to map the sub glacial landscape, which they say adds a key piece of evidence to understand the frozen continent's past, present and future behavior. The researchers discovered three valleys linking Antarctica's two major parts: the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet and the far bigger Eastern Ant...
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NASA Photographs One Of The Largest Icebergs To Ever Split Off From Antarctica
NASA scientists have captured close-up images of a behemoth iceberg that in July detached from one of the largest floating ice shelves in Antarctica.
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Huge Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctic Glacier
An iceberg over 250 square kilometres in size, has broken off from an enormous Antarctic glacier - the second such incident in two years, scientists say.
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Ancient Antarctic Volcanic Eruptions Sparked Climate Change
Climate changes that began about 17,700 years ago included a sudden poleward shift in westerly winds encircling Antarctica with corresponding changes in sea ice extent, ocean circulation, and ventilation of the deep ocean.
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16-Year-Old Indian Scales Mount Everest, Sets Sight On Antarctica's Vinson Massif
The Indian Navy today congratulated Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 16-year-old class XII student of Navy Children School in Mumbai, on becoming the youngest Indian and the second youngest girl in the world to summit Mount Everest from the Nepal side.
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Scientists Find When And Why Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" Began Melting
Scientists have reconstructed the past life of Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" and discovered how it started retreating rapidly in the 1940s.
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Watch: Boeing 787 Becomes Biggest Plane To Land On Antarctica's "Blue Ice Runway"
A Boeing 787 has become the largest passenger aircraft to land on Antarctica's "blue ice runway". The flight operated by Norse Atlantic Airways and named Everglades landed at the Troll Airfield in Antarctica on Wednesday.
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"Devastating": Bird Flu Detected In Antarctica For First Time
Bird flu has been detected in the Antarctica region for the first time, according to British experts, raising concerns the deadly virus could pose a threat to penguins and other local species.
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Antarctic Ocean Ice Melts To Record Low. How This Impacts Global Warming
The Antarctic Ocean area covered by ice has shrunk to a record low, exposing the thicker ice shelves buttressing Antarctica's ground ice sheet to waves and warmer temperatures, scientists reported Thursday.
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In Pics: This Is What Freezing Antarctica Weather Does To Food
French astrobiologist Cyprien Verseux was conducting research in Antarctica when the temperatures dipped to as low as -60 degrees Celsius. In conditions like that, he decided to check how the food we eat every day behaves in such low temperatures.
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Antarctica Records Hottest Temperature Ever At 18.3 Degrees
A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent amid rising concern about global warming that has caused an increase in the melting of ice sheets around the south pole.
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Floating Debris Seen Near Location Of Missing Chile Plane With 38 People
Rescuers hunting for a Chilean air force plane that went missing as it headed for Antarctica with 38 people aboard have recovered floating debris that may be from the C-130''s fuel tanks, the military said Wednesday.
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80,000 Tourists Visit Antarctica To Swim With Penguins Amid Criticism
"It's like getting stabbed," a tourist exclaims as he plunges into the three degree Celsius (37 Fahrenheit) water, all under the intrigued gaze of a group of penguins.
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Ozone Hole Above Antarctica Is Smallest On Record, But There's A Catch
The Antarctic ozone hole hit its smallest annual peak on record since tracking began in 1982, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA announced Monday. Although we're making progress in cutting down on the use of ozone-depleting chemicals, the milestone doesn't mean we've solved the problem, the agencies cautioned.
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13-Year-Old Indian Mountaineer Aims To Scale Antartica's Highest Peak
Thirteen-year-old Aaryan Balaji -- one of the youngest mountaineers to hold many records including crossing three passes and scaling three peaks in Nepal last year -- is all set to scale Antarctica''s tallest Mt. Vinson and Mt Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America, in December this year.
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Antarctica Has Mountain Ranges Bigger Than Manhattan Deep Beneath Its Ice
A team of British researchers used "ice penetrating radar" to map the sub glacial landscape, which they say adds a key piece of evidence to understand the frozen continent's past, present and future behavior. The researchers discovered three valleys linking Antarctica's two major parts: the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet and the far bigger Eastern Ant...
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NASA Photographs One Of The Largest Icebergs To Ever Split Off From Antarctica
NASA scientists have captured close-up images of a behemoth iceberg that in July detached from one of the largest floating ice shelves in Antarctica.
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Huge Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctic Glacier
An iceberg over 250 square kilometres in size, has broken off from an enormous Antarctic glacier - the second such incident in two years, scientists say.
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Ancient Antarctic Volcanic Eruptions Sparked Climate Change
Climate changes that began about 17,700 years ago included a sudden poleward shift in westerly winds encircling Antarctica with corresponding changes in sea ice extent, ocean circulation, and ventilation of the deep ocean.
