First global repository of ice cores: How Antarctica scientists are preserving ice samples from melting glaciers; why is it important? |

Scientists in Antarctica have inaugurated the world’s first global repository of mountain ice cores, aiming to preserve vital records of Earth’s atmospheric history as glaciers rapidly melt due to global warming.The frozen sanctuary was opened on Wednesday at the Concordia research station on the Antarctic Plateau by the Ice Memory Foundation, a consortium of European […]

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Polio Vaccination Pakistan: Pakistan: Polio virus detected in sewage samples from 18 districts

Pakistan: Polio virus detected in sewage samples from 18 districts (Picture credit: ANI) ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at Pakistan’s National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of the Wild Poliovirus Type 1 in sewage samples from 18 districts across the country, according to ARY News.The National Emergency Operations Centre for […]

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