Jakobshavn Glacier of Greenland Loses Chunk of Ice as Large as Manhattan

Posted on 25/08/2015 by sumayah

It happens to be the speediest glacier on the face of the planet. And recently it shed a huge slab of ice that is supposedly big enough to cover all of Manhattan. The radar pics picked up by the ESA'...

Central Asia Glaciers Will Melt by 2050

Posted on 18/08/2015 by hira

Glaciers worldwide are shrinking faster than ever before. According to a new research, one of the longest mountain range in Central Asia Tian Shan could disappear by 2050.The Celestial mountains have...

Hair Ice Secret Revealed by Scientists

Posted on 23/07/2015 by i4u

Most people will not have heard about Hair Ice. Now science has uncovered it's secret making Hair Ice headline news.Hair ice is a type of ice that has the shape of fine, silky hairs and resembles...

Geothermal Heat Discovered Beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Posted on 13/07/2015 by affam

Recently a new study led by UC Santa Cruz researchers has shown that the amount of heat that is flowing towards the base of the West Antarctic ice sheet from geothermal sources deep within the Earth...

Water Droplet Computer Developed by Stanford Engineers

Posted on 10/06/2015 by i4u

Manu Prakash, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford, and his students have built a synchronous computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets."In this work,...

Greenland Glacial Lakes Disappearance Mystery Solved

Posted on 04/06/2015 by sumayah

Last year scientists were left confounded when a meltwater lake in Greenland atop an ice sheet suddenly drained. A team of researchers from US claim they have figured out the phenomenon behind...

Study: Canadian Glaciers to Disappear by 2100

Posted on 07/04/2015 by noel

Canada's ice caps and glaciers are vanishing, and there might not be much time left to make a change, according to a new study reported by Nature Geoscience. These glaciers not only serve as tourist...

Antarctica’s Ice Losses Increased to Twice

Posted on 19/05/2014 by sumayah

Over 160 billion tons of ice sheets and floes are being lost by the frozen continent towards the South Pole each year. These semi-solid ice blocks separate from the mainland of Antarctica and float...

Antarctic Ice Sheet: Breakdown leads to Rising Sea Levels

Posted on 13/05/2014 by sumayah

The West Antarctic ice sheet has started to buckle under pressure. And this phenomenon may result in a 15 feet rise in sea levels. Furthermore, it is an invincible process that will continue without...

The Origin Of The Iceberg that Sank the Titanic

Posted on 10/04/2014 by forbes

The iceberg that sank the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic started its fateful journey with a period of unusually warm, wet weather four years earlier, say scientists. “That weakened the glaciers and made...

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