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The Oxitec biotech firm said tests that began in April 2015 have shown that the release of genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes succeeded in reducing a variety of disease-transmitting mosquito larvae by 82 percent by years end in a neighborhood of the city of Piracicaba. (Photo: AP)

Mosquitoes Discovered In Iceland

"They were all collected from wine ropes... aimed at attracting moths": The Researcher

21 Oct 2025 10:37 PM IST

Antarctica’s hidden mountain range

Antarctica’s hidden mountain range

About 90% of Antarctica is buried under thick ice, and the average depth of this layer is nearly 2.2 kilometres, which...

14 May 2025 8:41 PM IST

Hyderabad Teenager Karthikey Becomes Youngest Indian to Summit Mount Vinson in Antarctica

Hyderabad Teenager Karthikey Becomes Youngest Indian to Summit Mount...

Hyderabad: Padakanti Vishwanath Karthikey, a 16-year-old class-XI student at Resonance Junior College in Hyderabad has...

4 Dec 2024 3:57 PM IST

Tribal man leads Indian scientists to Antarctica

Tribal man leads Indian scientists to Antarctica

Visakhapatnam: A team of Indian scientists, led by tribal leader Paradani Ramana Murthy, set off for Antarctica on...

22 Oct 2024 2:43 AM IST

The coolest job on the market,quite literally.

The coolest job on the market,quite literally.

Applications are currently being accepted for a unique opportunity at Antarctica's renowned "penguin post office," and...

26 April 2024 3:56 PM IST

Hyd students thrilled after interacting with scientists stationed in Antarctica

Hyd students thrilled' after interacting with scientists stationed in...

HYDERABAD: From asking about their diet, sleep cycles, everyday chores to why Antarctica was chosen, children from...

20 July 2023 12:41 AM IST

The world is now on track for a 2.7-degree Celsius (4.9 degrees Fahrenheit) temperature rise since pre-industrial times, which by the year 2100 means losing 32 per cent of the worlds glacier mass, or 48.5 trillion metric tons of ice as well as 68 per cent of the glaciers disappearing. AP

Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100, says study

Washington: The world's glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of...

6 Jan 2023 12:42 PM IST

A drop of water falls off an iceberg melting in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord near Nuuk in southwestern Greenland, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Earths poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average. (AP Photo)

Hot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 70 and 50 degrees above normal

Weather stations in Antarctica shattered records Friday as the region neared autumn

20 March 2022 2:30 PM IST