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  Trump imposes 10 per cent tariffs on Antarctic Islands where no one lives, except birds, penguins

  World | April 03, 2025 18:57 IST

  The Heard and McDonald Islands are largely inhabited areas, which take almost 10 days to reach from Fremantle in Western Australia. The island, slapped with a 10 per cent tariff, is home to birds and penguins.

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  'Promachocrinus fragarius': Marine scientists discover ‘strawberry feather star' with 20 arms

  Science | August 12, 2023 14:12 IST

  The discovery, the result of an extensive research campaign spanning nearly 10 years, has unlocked insights into the unique and fascinating systems that thrive under the Southern Ocean ice.

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  IIT Kharagpur study confirms healing of Antarctic Ozone hole

  Science | December 01, 2018 6:58 IST

  "A research team from the Centre of Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Science (CORAL) at IIT Kharagpur has come up with new data confirming that the Antarctic Ozone Hole is on a healing path," said an IIT Khragpur statement.  

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  Climate change: Current ice levels in the Antarctic same as 100 years ago, reveal researchers

  World | November 25, 2016 13:31 IST

  There has been little change in the amount of sea ice around Antarctica as compared to 100 years ago, researchers have found. According to estimates by climate scientists at the University of Reading in London,

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  Fossils of leaves reveal how Antarctic ice softened 23 million years ago

  World | October 20, 2016 16:44 IST

  The fossilised leaves recovered from a crater lake in New Zealand have indicated just how Antarctic ice melted 23 million years ago, a scientist revealed on Thursday. The leaf fossils found at Foulden Maar,

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  Scientists discover toxic form of mercury in Antarctic sea ice

  World | August 02, 2016 11:12 IST

  Australian scientists have found a toxic form of mercury in Antarctic's atmosphere and sea ice. According to a research, led by the University of Melbourne, the significant amounts of methylmercury, an especially dangerous strain of

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  British Woman Tries Historic Antarctic Crossing

  World | November 18, 2011 22:25 IST

  Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov 18: Reaching the end of the Earth has become almost routine these days: One hundred years after Norway's Roald Amundsen beat Britain's R.F. Scott to the South Pole, more than 30