The fiveday 12th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences has begun at Goa.
The themes to be taken up at the symposium include Antarctica and Supercontinent Evolution, Antarctic Surface Processes, Landscapes, and Links with Cryosphere and Climate etc.
The symposium is a SCAR initiative aimed at showcasing Antarctic geoscience research.
The first ISAES was held in 1963 at Cape Town, and the last one (11th) at Edinburgh.
Apart from India, Japan is the only Asian country to organize International symposium.
The themes to be taken up at the symposium include Antarctica and Supercontinent Evolution, Antarctic Surface Processes, Landscapes, and Links with Cryosphere and Climate etc.
The symposium is a SCAR initiative aimed at showcasing Antarctic geoscience research.
The first ISAES was held in 1963 at Cape Town, and the last one (11th) at Edinburgh.
Apart from India, Japan is the only Asian country to organize International symposium.
About Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR):
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science.
It was established in 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities.
SCAR looks after initiating, developing and coordinating scientific research in the Antarctic region.
It was established in 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities.
SCAR looks after initiating, developing and coordinating scientific research in the Antarctic region.
Indian Antarctic Program:
It is a program under the control of the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences.
The program gained global acceptance with India’s signing of the Antarctic Treaty and subsequent construction of the Dakshin Gangotri Antarctic research base in 1983.
India now has 2 bases in Antarctica. One was built in 1983. Second one was built in 1990 & is called the Maitri base.
The program gained global acceptance with India’s signing of the Antarctic Treaty and subsequent construction of the Dakshin Gangotri Antarctic research base in 1983.
India now has 2 bases in Antarctica. One was built in 1983. Second one was built in 1990 & is called the Maitri base.
India’s Maitri base in the Antarctica
India is planning to build another research station in the region named Bharati. With this India will join the elite club of having multiple bases in the Antarctic.
What research is done at the Antarctic?
Atmospheric, biological, earth, chemical, and medical sciences are studied by India, which has carried out 30 scientific expeditions to the Antarctic as of 2010.
Indian expeditions to the Antarctic also study the fauna and the molecular biodiversity of the region.
A total of 120 new microbes had been discovered as a result of international scientific effort in the Antarctic by 2005. 20 of these microbes had been discovered by Indian scientists.
The ‘ice cores’ retrieved by drilling holes in Antarctic’s vast icesheets yield information ‘on the palaeoclimate and ecohistory
of the earth as records of windblown dust, volcanic ash or radioactivity are preserved in the ice.
Indian expeditions to the Antarctic also study the fauna and the molecular biodiversity of the region.
A total of 120 new microbes had been discovered as a result of international scientific effort in the Antarctic by 2005. 20 of these microbes had been discovered by Indian scientists.
The ‘ice cores’ retrieved by drilling holes in Antarctic’s vast icesheets yield information ‘on the palaeoclimate and ecohistory
of the earth as records of windblown dust, volcanic ash or radioactivity are preserved in the ice.
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