Antarctic sea ice reached its third-lowest winter maximum in 2026, extending a remarkable decline that began after years of ...

Thousands of Adélie penguins found dead in Antarctica in 2024 were primarily victims of avian cholera, not high pathogenicity ...

Researchers warn Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes that could trigger global consequences. Melting ice, collapsing ice shelves, and disrupted ocean circulation threaten sea levels, ecosystems, ...

When Belgian American particle physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics "for decisive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A five-month-long slumber party. A college dorm. An introvert's hell. Those are just some of the words residents of Antarctica use ...

Antarctic ice loss is likely to continue through 2100 even with deep emissions cuts, but future emissions can still determine how much ice is lost.

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet—sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and food webs—has been in the news a lot lately. All of these threats were ...

Vernadsky research base, the Ukrainian Antarctic station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica. (Photo by: Sergio Pitamitz / VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty ...

There is nowhere on earth quite as ethereal as Antarctica. This icy kingdom is nestled at the bottom of our planet and holds a vast wilderness to be explored. You might catch a glimpse of whales and ...

Alessandro Antonello is Associate Professor of Environmental History at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is the author of The Greening of Antarctica: Assembling an International Environment ...

All humanity benefits from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean that surrounds it. To some, these benefits may seem priceless. But in our market-driven world, calculating the economic value of the ...