Tag Archives : Antarctica

Photography is not merely freezing a moment, it sometimes reveals more. Photographer David Schultz has captured a rare candid moment of group of Emperor Penguins getting curious about camera in Antarctica. David Schultz considers this as a ‘great photo’ because everything came together at a precise moment but to capture this precise moment also [...]

Illegal whaling ships have been roaming the oceans of the world literally scotch-free for the last couple of decades and most often the only little hindrance they get is from those tiny little ships that have brave volunteers from ‘eco-friendly’ groups trying hard to stop the fast paced giants. Well, finally the huge ships and their sharp harpoons [...]

Discovered in an underground lake under the Taylor glacier in Antarctica is an unusual ecosystem where bacteria managed to live for millions of years without oxygen and in complete darkness at 10 º C below zero. The sea water was trapped under the glacier to form a lake that is about four miles long by 400 meters wide. It never froze due to the high [...]

The Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA simulated the consequences of a world without ozone. In the agency’s experiment, findings disclosed that nearly two-thirds of the terrestrial ozone would be gone by 2065, across the globe and not only over Antarctica and the North Pole. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation (up to 650 percent) would be such that sunburn [...]

Climate change could cause the collapse of the ice shelf in western Antarctica, a large expanse of ice attached to the white continent on the Ross Sea. This would occur, as has happened several times in the last five million years, if rising sea temperature comes up to around 5 º C. This warning was recently published by the journal Nature. According [...]

We are kicking off the Best of 2008 with nothing but plenty of fun, lost of excitement and great deal of travelling. It started yesterday with a trip to the Top Skiing Spots across the globe and we move on today to the most exotic holiday destinations across the planet which will leave you wanting for more. The trip around the globe will involve some [...]

Ever wondered if you could keep or breed those exotic aquatic creatures that live in the Antarctic Ocean? Well, these dainty creatures require temperatures that are way below normal temperatures. In fact, if the temperatures rose by a couple of degrees than what is acceptable for them, it could mean a fatal disaster. Now you can have an aquarium that [...]