Antarctica, the world's most remote, harsh and pristine continent, is not free from marine pollution. Where human activity ...

Amid all the changes in Earth's climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long time, an ...

Beyond being a home for microbes, the plastisphere can disrupt the natural balance of ocean life at the microscopic level.

Scientists found liquid water — and, surprisingly, life — at the bottom of a frozen Antarctic lake.

Lake Enigma sits between two glaciers, Amorphous and Boulder Clay, in Antarctica’s Northern Foothills. Given the area’s ...

New research has looked at how the ice sheet has grown and shrunk over its long history, and it has warned that things don't ...

Per the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the Chinese government's strategic approach to Antarctica is part of its ...

Antarctica, the worlds most remote, harsh and pristine continent, is not free from marine pollution. Where human activity ...

Periods of sudden melting in the Antarctic ice sheet have been discovered in a new climate record dating back over 20 million years.

NASA will resume its annual long-duration balloon operation in Antarctica by launching two flights in mid-December for ...

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast has fetched up to more than ...

Researchers uncover the causes behind record-low Antarctic sea ice in 2023 and 2024, linking warm oceans and winds to the ...