The continent of Antarctica was the last of the 7 continents for humans to set foot on. This leaves a lot of untouched nature and geographical phenomena to explore, and a huge opportunity for humanity ...

Scientists have drilled down into the Antarctic ice sheet, largely in an attempt to understand the Earth's past climate. The ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm about sudden and dramatic changes unfolding across Antarctica. The icy continent, once thought to respond only slowly to climate shifts, is showing signs of rapid ...

East Antarctica’s interior is warming faster than coasts, driven by Indian Ocean changes, raising global sea level risks.

Abrupt changes” threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, at which point continued ice-melting would ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists make discoveries that could alter theories about the universe's ...

The icy landscapes of Antarctica may seem barren and unchanging at first glance, but beneath its frosty surface, the ...

S ome places on Earth are so much more than locations on a map. The very north and south of the globe are two such places; ...

Scientists have confirmed that East Antarctica's interior is warming faster than its coastal areas and identified the cause. A 30-year study, published in Nature Communications and led by Nagoya ...

A vast hidden world beneath Antarctica is reshaping what scientists thought they knew about ocean currents and melting ice.