Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by ...
An ice core is something of a time capsule, containing the history of the Earth’s past atmosphere in a frozen climate archive ...
A massive iceberg has triggered a catastrophic die-off of Emperor Penguin chicks in Antarctica, blocking thousands of parents ...
Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inlet where no ship had sailed. Until now.
The Ice Memory Foundation, a consortium of European research institutes, inaugurated the frozen sanctuary on Wednesday at the ...
In a landmark study published in Science, researchers have unveiled a high-resolution map of the Antarctic bed. This study ...
In Antarctica, things can change in a heartbeat. Our ship was approaching the Lemaire Channel, nicknamed “Kodak Alley” for ...
The clock is ticking. But low clouds have prevented helicopters from moving scientists and gear onto the continent’s ...
Penguin colonies are declining worldwide; explore their adaptations, threats, and what their struggle tells us about Earth’s ...
People, things, and places are named for many different reasons, but how did the Arctic and the Antarctic get their names?
Chinese researchers have braved the cold and harsh environment of Antarctica in order to get a unique view of star formation ...