Ghost particle travels 750 million light-years, ends up buried under the Antarctic ice0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Space
- March 8, 2021
Why so late, little neutrino?
Why so late, little neutrino?
Scientists call it the doomsday glacier.
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Scientists say red coloured snow reflects less sunlight and causes ice to melt faster
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Despite scientists’ best efforts to probe the land beneath Antarctica’s ice sheets with radar, the continent’s sheer size and remoteness has left many gaps in existing surveys.
If planting more trees can replenish forests and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, then could we also repopulate the Arctic with ice?
A team of researchers from Germany, Austria and Australia has found traces of the radioactive isotope iron-60 — the tell-tale signature of a supernova explosion — within fresh snow in Antarctica.
Giant holes in the Antarctic, called polynyas, have baffled scientists for years. But now with the help of seals and robots, they might have the answers to these mysterious phenomena.