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Hyderabad's National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has unearthed new findings shedding light on an ancient link between the Indian subcontinent and Antarctica. Their research provides strong evidence of a collision between India and East Antarctica over a billion years ago, a TOI report stated. In a significant discovery, the NGRI team, which includes Dr. K Chandrakala, OP Pandey, Biswajit Mandal, K Renuka, and N Prem Kumar, uncovered a hidden ridge beneath the Darsi and Addanki regions of Andhra Pradesh. This ridge is attributed to the historic collision, suggesting a tilting of the Cuddapah basin towards the south. The study further indicates signs of past seismic activity in the area, hinting at the presence of a marginal ocean basin along the east coast during the Columbia and Rodinia supercontinent assembly periods. By reprocessing seismic data along a 325-kilometer profile from Alampur to Ganapeswaram, the team investigated the subsurface crustal seismic structure of the north Cuddapah basin. Their findings revealed a thin layer of alluvium underlain by Gondwana sediments and Proterozoic sedimentary layers. Gondwana, a supercontinent encompassing present-day South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica, played a crucial role in the geological evolution of these regions.

Safari Stories' podcast, where Hadley Pierce and Jomi Krobb, co-founders of South Africa-based guided wildlife and conservation tours company Trunks and Tracks, share their wild tales. In the episode, Action of the Antarctic Peninsula, they plunge into those frigid waters and recount some epic sightings, including watching humpback whales feed, a large pod of killer whales bow- riding a ship, and leopard seals hunting penguins. In the 40-min podcast, Hadley's narration is so vivid that it makes us feel as if we are sitting in the boat, watching marine life unfold its minutest secrets. 'There is ice everywhere, lots and lots of icebergs, some of which are many times bigger than the ship… they are very impressive,' recounts Hadley.

Most of my life, I didn’t need tourism. The first time I went on a vacation was when I was 27, and it was just about 20km across the bay from Mumbai, where I lived. But, finally, I was on this famous thing called a vacation.

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climate change on Earth and provides a glimpse into its past. The journal 'Science Advances' published their findings on June 5, 2024.

colossal squid which is also known by its scientific name ‘Mesonychoteuthis Hamiltoni’. When it is fully grown up, the creature is about as big as a bus and weighs more than 1100 pounds. It is believed to be found in the Southern Ocean in Antarctica in its natural habitat.

Kaamya Karthikeyan successfully summited Mt. Everest, becoming the youngest Indian mountaineer to scale the world's highest peak from the Nepal side, the Indian Navy said on Thursday. The daughter of a naval officer, Kaamya is a class 12 student at Navy Children School, Mumbai. Kaamya and her father Cdr S Karthikeyan successfully summited Mt. Everest (8,849 m) on May 20, according to a statement issued by a Navy spokesperson. «After this feat, she has become the second youngest girl in the world, and the youngest Indian mountaineer to summit the world's highest peak from the Nepal side,» the statement said.

Best place to live in the US has been revealed in a survey and it is not New York, Washington D.C, Los Angeles. Florida's Naples have been identified for the top spot, as per survey by Best Places US News Rankings 2024-2025 conducted by U.S. News & World Report. Second spot has gone to Boise in Idaho, third position goes to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Greenville in South Carolina, and North Carolina's Charlotte have made the top five rankings.

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global temperatures have raised significant concerns, with scientists at the Concordia research station on the eastern edge of the Antarctic plateau documenting a remarkable phenomenon. On March 18, 2022, they recorded the highest temperature ever observed at the meteorological center; 38.5 degrees Celsius, well above the seasonal average. This alarming temperature surge in one of the coldest regions on Earth has left researchers deeply troubled, fearing potential catastrophes. Professor Michael Meredith, head of the British Antarctic Survey, described the event as «simply mind-boggling,» emphasising the potential deadly consequences if such a temperature rise were to occur in the UK.

Reuters reported. Meagan Dewar, a wildlife biologist with Federation University who was a part of the latest expedition said, "This has the potential to have a massive impact on wildlife that is already being impacted by things like climate change and other environmental stresses," the Reuters report said.

global warming and other human threats like underwater noise, pollution and disrupted food sources, according to a new stocktake of their population. Researchers found the greatest genetic differences among the blue whale populations in the eastern Pacific, Antarctic subspecies and the pygmy subspecies of the eastern Indian and western Pacific. Blue whales average about 27 metres in length. Natural selection could be one of the reasons behind these differences, they said. «Each of these groups need to be conserved to maintain biodiversity in the species, and there are indications that natural selection in different environments contributed to driving genetic differences between the high-level groups,» said Catherine Attard, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Australia. He is the first author of the study published in the journal Animal Conservation.

warmest 10-year period on record". "Earth's issuing a distress call," said UN chief Antonio Guterres, adding that the report showed "a planet on the brink". He also pointing out that "fossil fuel pollution is sending climate chaos off the charts", and warning that "changes are speeding up".

Covid was not supposed to get to Antarctica. If any place had a hope of keeping the virus out, it would be a continent with no permanent residents and an annual visiting population of only 5,000. And every control measure was in place—testing, a strict quarantine of everyone visiting, deep sanitation, masks and social distancing.

Antarctica sees first bird flu case, confirms scientists The professor said that H5N1 has spread in 26 countries since 2020 and mammals are falling victim to the virus. As many as 882 cases of bird flu were reported in humans across 23 countries in 2020, resulting in a worrying fatality rate of 52%, the report mentioned.

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FORT LAUDERDALE: A ship powered by renewable energy, including hydrogen produced onboard, is docked in the southeastern US state of Florida this week as it prepares to finish the last leg of a voyage around the world. The 100-foot catamaran, dubbed the Energy Observer, has logged 63,040 nautical miles without using fossil fuels since it first started sailing in 2017. This particular trip around the world started in 2020. The mission has tested renewable energy — including by using solar panels and advanced sails called "oceanwings" — as a power source in multiple climates off the coasts of Africa, Asia and Antarctica.

Reuters, citing Spain's Higher Council for Scientific Investigation (CSIC) said on Sunday, “This discovery demonstrates for the first time that the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus has reached Antarctica despite the distance and natural barriers that separate it from other continents." CSIC further added that the presence of the virus was confirmed on Saturday in samples of dead skua seabirds that were found by Argentine scientists near the Antarctic base Primavera. Also Read: Bird Flu Outbreak: WHO issues warning after H1N1 strain infects cats in countries.

Also Read | M&M’s tale of two journeys: strong auto, weak tractors "I can say that raising the flag at the South Pole doesn’t carry any implications in international law. The Antarctic Treaty (which became effective in 1961) has a specific provision that no action by any nation after 1961 can be the basis of a territorial claim on the continent," he added.

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Antarctic seas but expedition leader Ian Strachan knew his ship was approaching a true behemoth: the world's biggest iceberg lay somewhere ahead. «Then the clouds lifted and we could see this expansive — almost abstract — white line that extended each way across the horizon,» he told AFP.