Ice
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Mercury not so hot as thought? Data from NASA’s ‘MESSENGER’ identifies icy deposits on scorching planet
Sep 20, 2017, 05:49 PM ISTScientists in their study claim to have found evidence of frozen water hidden away on crater floors that are permanently shadowed from the Sun’s blistering rays
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Can drinking ice water help you lose weight?
Lifestyle | Jun 02, 2017, 04:26 PM ISTResearchers says that drinking ice water throughout the day can help you to lose weight.
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Climate change: Current ice levels in the Antarctic same as 100 years ago, reveal researchers
World | Nov 25, 2016, 01:31 PM ISTThere 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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NASA orbiter finds underground ice deposit on Mars, bigger than New Mexico
World | Nov 23, 2016, 10:01 PM ISTResearchers have unearthed a giant deposit of covered ice on Mars using information from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The ice layer traverses a more noteworthy territory than the state of New Mexico. The deposit ranges
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Fossils of leaves reveal how Antarctic ice softened 23 million years ago
World | Oct 20, 2016, 04:44 PM ISTThe 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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ALARMING! Greenland's ice is melting much faster than expected, claim scientists
World | Sep 23, 2016, 10:28 AM ISTGreenland's ice sheet is melting at a much faster rate than previously thought, said scientists this week after discovering a hotspot beneath the Earth's crust that was distorting their calculations. As per a new study,
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Mystery of plane crashes might have just got revealed!
World | Jul 02, 2016, 12:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Dense clouds of nearly undetectable ice crystals could be the reason behind plane crashes that have caused hundreds of deaths. The fatal "flour grain-sized" ice particles are formed at high altitudes, and can
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Sun ‘going blank’, Earth heading towards mini ice age
World | Jun 29, 2016, 12:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: The sun has gone "completely blank" for the second time this month suggesting that our star is entering a new period of decreased activity — one that will continue to last for about five years. Something erupted on the far side on Satur
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No more ice in Arctic for first time in 100,000 years, warns expert
World | Jun 06, 2016, 07:44 AM ISTLondon: This year the Arctic region may be free of sea ice for the first time in more than 100,000 years, claimed an expert from the University of Cambridge. According to the predictions of Professor
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Scientist claims Arctic may become ice-free for first time in 100,000 years
World | Jun 05, 2016, 07:50 PM ISTLondon: For the first in over 100,000 years, Arctic could be ice-less this year or next, claims a leading Cambridge scientist. According to Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University in the UK, we could see
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9 tips to keep tanning away this summer
Lifestyle | Apr 28, 2015, 05:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: Tanning is inevitable this summer even if you choose to cover up completely or plan to use a sunscreen. But a few simple home remedies like using cabbage leaves or exfoliating with almonds
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Security apps that changed the way Indian police functions!
Tech Auto | Jan 21, 2015, 07:40 PM ISTApart from CID, Crime Patrol & Bollywood movies, Indian police do have a reputation of being insensitive towards the victims of crime. We often hesitate to approach them until it becomes an absolute necessity, frankly speaking
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West Antarctic ice melt rate tripled, finds NASA
World | Dec 03, 2014, 11:35 AM ISTWashington: A detailed 21-year analysis of the fastest-melting region of Antarctica has found that the melt rate of glaciers there has tripled during the last decade.The glaciers in the Amundsen Sea Embayment in West Antarctica
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Ice in Arctic seas shrinks to 6th-lowest recorded
World | Sep 23, 2014, 08:22 AM ISTNEW YORK: Ice in Arctic seas shrank this summer to the sixth lowest level in 36 years of monitoring.The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Monday that the ice reached its seasonal minimum on
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21 Feet High Ice Shiv Lingam Created in Mulund Temple
India | Mar 25, 2012, 01:24 PM ISTThane, Mar 25: A 21-feet high ice shiv lingam has been created in the 111-year-old Shiv Temple in Mulund in the suburbs of Mumbai. The temple organisers claim that this is the world's tallest ice
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Chandrayaan-I Detects Ice Deposits On Moon
India | Mar 02, 2010, 11:34 AM ISTScientists have detected more than 40 ice-filled craters in the moon's North Pole using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-I. NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, found more than 40