Posts tagged as: antarctica

Invasive Alien species are a threat to the Antarctic flora and fauna

According to a first-ever continent-wide risk assessment, climatic changes and the increasing number of tourists are becoming a cause of concern for the ecosystem of the Antarctic. The research team is mainly focusing on the invasive alien species that found their way into the Antarctic ecosystem. Antarctica is considered as one of the most pristine […]

Asia and America will collide in a few years – say Yale researchers

In an amazing research carried out by a geologists from Yale University in New Haven Connecticut, world’s two biggest continents, Asia and America will collide and form a single landmass around the North Pole. However, there’s no reason to worry about it as this event is still 50 or even 200 million years away. Just […]

United States and Russian Federation Conclude Joint Inspection in Antarctica

United States and Russian Federation Conclude Joint Inspection in Antarctica Washington DC: (Monday, January 30, 2012) A joint team from the United States and the Russian Federation concluded a six-day inspection of foreign research stations, installations and equipment in Antarctica on January 28, 2012, pursuant to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 and its Environmental Protocol. […]

United States and Russian Federation to Conduct Joint Inspection in Antarctica

United States and Russian Federation to Conduct Joint Inspection in Antarctica The United States and the Russian Federation will send a joint team to inspect foreign stations, installations and equipment in Antarctica from January 23 to January 28, 2012. The inspection will be conducted pursuant to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 and its Environmental Protocol. […]

Discovery of a plant-eating dinosaur in Antarctica

Discovery of a plant-eating dinosaur in Antarctica For the first time, the presence of large bodied herbivorous dinosaurs has been found in the icy landscape of Antarctica. Scientists have identified the dinosaur as the sauropoda which was the most diverse and geographically widespread species of herbivorous dinosaurs. However, this species was never discovered in Antarctica […]

Buried lake in Antarctica key to climatic change prediction

Buried lake in Antarctica key to climatic change prediction A few days back, scientists unearthed an ancient lake that was hidden deep beneath the ice sheets of the Western Antarctica. It has now been widely suggested by scientists that this discovery would give a lot of clues about the climatic changes and could even help […]

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