New research reveals Antarctica's significant, underestimated role in global warming. A study highlights a stronger link ...

Antarctica is a destination of staggering extremes – home to the largest ice sheet on the planet, soaring 14,700-foot ...

More than 40 years after it was collected, an Antarctic fossil has been recognized as a far more consequential discovery than anyone first realized, according to Sci.News. The bone is now considered ...

Temperatures have climbed up to 45 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, stopping ice from forming in the dead of Antarctic winter.

This is the first evidence of dinosaurs ever collected from Antarctica. (British Antarctic Survey) A fossil that has been ...

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 metres, were ...

When Tasmanian astronomer Louis Bernacchi set foot on Antarctica in 1898, he declared, "Antarctic exploration is of capital importance to science." While his statement remains as true as ever, ...

Antarctica is home to some of the world's most extraordinary natural wonders, and one of its most fascinating is Blood Falls.

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 ...

Antarctica is home to 90% of the world’s freshwater, trapped in the continent’s massive ice sheets—and the stability of much of that ice is seriously at risk from global warming. Two studies published ...

According to the World Meteorological Organization, July 2023 is likely to have been the hottest month on record. While much of Europe, North America and Asia suffered the immediate consequences of ...

"Intensive scientific exploration of Antarctica has been underway for about 70 years and it is still the only continent on ...