A month ago, Himanshu Sharma was asked by his company, Cognizant, to resign. His services were not required any longer, he was told. It came as a surprise to Sharma, who was hired less than a year ago. “I hadn’t expected to lose my job as I was still a fresh hire for them. I was given two options by the company: to either resign and serve the usual notice […]

Washington: A new study had claimed that the thick snow on Arctic Sea ice has significantly lost its depth. Scientists have been tracking the depth of snow that accumulates on Arctic sea ice for almost a century. Now, research led by the University of Washington and NASA confirms that snow, particularly on sea ice in western waters near Alaska in Arctic, has drastically thinned. A new study combines data collected […]