If the ice blanketing Antarctica were to vanish, the world’s shorelines would be redrawn so radically that some countries ...

Research led by polar scientists from Northumbria University has revealed new hope in natural environmental systems found in ...

Fast-moving ocean motions under the Antarctic ice act like storms and melt ice quickly. These forces could speed up sea-level ...

We take a look at a handful misconceptions about Antarctica, from its alleged populations of bears to its current ownership.

This is not good news for the future of our planet.

A newly updated Antarctic Digital Database is released today (12 May 2020). Aimed at the science community, the maps include updates to the ice shelf front around Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, ...

Researchers bundled in down jackets toiled around the clock in these snowy tunnels as a massive drill rig churned downward to extract core samples and the secrets they contain from the deepest ...

Climate change is speeding the spread of global pathogens. Can an early-warning system for animal viruses help stop pandemics ...

When an Antarctic glacier was sparked into rapid retreat three years ago, it left scientists scratching their heads as to ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As the ship pulled away from the dock, I considered what lay before me: the darkening calm of the Beagle Channel, the terrifying swell ...

Costa Spur and Terrie Bluff, once nameless features of the austere Antarctic landscape, have now been officially named in honor of Daniel Costa and Terrie Williams, professors of ecology and ...