Beneath Taylor Glacier, several kilometres away from where Blood Falls emerges, there is a subglacial pool. It formed millions of years ago below hundreds of metres of ice. The water there has very ...

A peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health has been cited for documenting what its author described as the oldest known human remains on Antarctic soil. The ...

Millions of unknown microbial genes discovered in Antarctica’s ocean reveal a hidden ecosystem that may influence carbon cycling and climate.

It's generally accepted that climate change causes Antarctic ice to melt, but you might be surprised to learn how that ice melt affects the climate.

Picture a frozen colossus drifting silently through icy waters, big enough to blanket London twice over. That's iceberg A23a. As per the European Spac.

Global stocks declined while oil rallied after an attack on tankers in Iraqi waters highlighted the threat to energy infrastructure in the Middle East and stoked concerns of an escalating conflict.

The Windracers ULTRA will be deployed in northwest Greenland in June 2026 as part of the GIANT programme, a major international project to study glacier melt and its potential to trigger a critical ...

EMT and ATU-Ozark graduate recounts his unlikely journey to Antarctica, where he spent six months working at the South Pole.

Ice does not melt at the same rate everywhere. The loss of polar ice sheets is the main driver of sea-level rise, ahead of melting mountain glaciers and the thermal expansion of seawater, which occurs ...

A new study of 19,000 penguins found their breeding is starting 19 days earlier than it did in 2000. Mating earlier increases breeding success rates by 40%.

Longer summers are allowing more king penguin chicks to bulk up and survive the winter, but the penguins' main fishing area is shifting further away as temperatures rise ...