"But Antarctica is not an apolitical human paradise with untouched nature—a sort of continent for scientific inquiry alone.

But Antarctica is getting busier, with new research stations, rebuilding and more tourism activities planned. Our challenge is to keep it pristine under this growing human activity and climate ...

In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem ...

Global climate models predict that the ocean around Antarctica should be warming, but in reality, those waters have cooled ...

Researchers think that shifting ocean currents brought warmer seawater to the area and contributed to the collapse. The collapse raises new concerns about East Antarctica. The Conger ice shelf is near ...

Antarctica’s environment also faces localized environmental impacts resulting from human activities, such as resource exploitation, tourism and scientific research. Increasing resource ...

Crustaceans, snails, worms and fish are among the dozens of creatures that deep-sea explorers discovered under a massive ...

Image caption, A research base in Antarctica. Antarctica does not have a permanent human population. However, there are many scientific research bases on the continent. Scientists study the ...