Antarctic Ocean Current Affairs, GK & News
What is Five Deeps Expedition?
The Five Deeps Expedition has provided data on the deepest points of five oceans in the world. They are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and the Southern Oceans. What did “Five Deeps Expedition” find? Java Trench is the deepest point in Indian Ocean. There were competing claims for the deepest point in Indian Ocean. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Antarctic Ocean • Arctic Ocean • Atlantic Ocean • Challenger deep • Explorers Program • Indian Ocean • Java Trench • Mariana Trench • Pacific Ocean
Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANTIA) finds high energy particles from ice
The NASA researchers have found high energy particles erupting from ice in the Antarctic region. The researchers believe that these particles are proof to parallel universe. ANTIA The ANTIA is high-energy cosmic neutrino that detect radio pulses that are being emitted by Antarctic ice sheet. The neutrinos in the ice produce radio pulses due to ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Antarctic • Antarctic Ocean • Antarctica • ANTIA • Askaryan effect • Cosmic rays • NASA • Neutrino
Antarctic Ocean's carbon dioxide absorption increased
As per a new study Antarctic Ocean has been absorbing increasing levels of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) , a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) over the past decade. The research study was published in journal Science and was undertaken by an international research team led by Nicolas Gruber, a professor at ETH Zurich. Key facts The study ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Topics: Antarctic Ocean • Climate change • Current Affairs 2016 • Enviornment • Global warming