If global warming continues, polar ice caps will melt, wiping nations off our planet

Antarctica s larval diversity can warn us of the effects of climate change

While the Antarctic ice cap is relatively stable, the sea level is rising due to a simple law of physics: water expands when heated

IN what is being seen as a direct result of global warming, an iceberg has broken off the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica. This was announced by the US National Ice Centre. The iceberg, which is called

"Extremotolerant" bacteria make a living in the deepfreeze lakes in Antarctica

life is possible on Mars or on a frozen-moon of Jupiter, say scientists. While drilling through ice that fills shallow lakes in Antarctica, they have found colonies of bacteria inside blocks of

the Department of Ocean Development (dod) is setting up an exclusive Antarc-tic Study Centre (asc). The centre will be first national polar research lab in India with the task of planning, and

A large section of an ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula has broken away as a possible result of global warming, say scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) based at the

Lloyd Davis, zoologist at University of Otago, New Zealand, says that penguins use a practice similar to prostitution in order to obtain stones for their nests. Davis has made nine visits to

a substantial portion of the Antarctic