Isolation, frigid temperatures and old food are small prices to pay for the opportunity to do research in Antarctica.

Researchers found increased meltwater and rain explain 60% of a decades-long mismatch between predicted and observed temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica.

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

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 ...

An inside look at the HX 'Nansen,' including its science program, zodiac excursions, and amenities, like its ocean-view sauna ...

At the heart of the discussion on Antarctic governance is a critical question: how do we design a system that adapts in real-time to emerging crises, rather than one that is reactive and must ...

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

In a part of the world where throughout history only the pure white of snow and ice could be seen, today green moss and grass ...

As the threat of global climate collapse grows, Beijing is considering a plan to turn the Tibetan Plateau into an agricultural stronghold The plot of the Hollywood doomsday film, 2012 - where China ...

In late January and early March, the French Air and Space Force, with support from Canada and Denmark, conducted critical ...

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

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation ...