The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...

In 1957, a team of Kiwis led by Sir Edmund Hillary undertook an extraordinary journey across Antarctica as part of the ...

Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events—such as atmospheric rivers—by 2100, with implications for future sea level rise.

The Antarctic Slope Current shields Antarctica from warm waters. But new research shows meltwater is speeding up the current, which could make it more unstable.

Australia has significant national interests in Antarctica. Australia was one of the 12 founding countries of the Antarctic Treaty 1959, establishing the Antarctic Treaty System which has governed the ...

There's barely a place left on Earth outside the gravitational pull of Elon Musk’s empire. How far does Elon's clout really stretch—and what conflicts of interest are emerging as he wields the ...

TROY, N.Y. — The Empire 8 officially announced the addition of women’s flag football as a conference-sponsored championship sport for the 2025-26 season in collaboration with the National ...

The Empire 8 Conference has announced the addition of women's flag football as a conference-sponsored championship sport for the 2025-26 season.

A major ice shelf in Antarctica appears to have survived a period of hot temperatures more than 120,000 years ago, indicating that the West Antarctic ice sheet may not be as vulnerable as we ...

Five Air National Guard ski-equipped airlifters and 400 airmen are headed to Antarctica for an annual mission supporting research on the frozen continent. The LC-130 Hercules “ski-birds” of ...

The state flag of the Republic of Belarus was unfurled on 20 January 2024 by participants of the groundbreaking 16th Belarusian Antarctic expedition: Aleksei Gaidashov, Vitaly Khilko, Yegor Korzun.

Antarctic 'greening' at dramatic rate Date: October 7, 2024 Source: University of Exeter Summary: Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four ...