Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

"These gravity images are revolutionizing our ability to study the least understood continent on Earth—Antarctica." ...

A University of Vienna study suggests that the solar system's movement through the galaxy affected Earth's climate millions ...

Only two places on Earth, Iceland and Antarctica, are free of mosquitoes due to their harsh and erratic climates, which ...

Antarctica’s strongest ocean current, the ACC, is weakening due to ice melt, threatening global climate, sea levels, and marine ecosystems in an accelerating crisis.

A researcher at a South African base in Antarctica has been accused of physical assault and sexual harassment. South Africa ...

A place this remote and isolated makes a perfect laboratory for grasping the past, present and future of the Earth's climate, according to many scientists drawn to Antarctica. Deception Island's ...

These destinations on Earth simulate some of the most stressful parts of space travel, and help astronauts survive in extreme ...

The world’s oceans are changing in ways we can't ignore. New research suggests that Antarctic ice melt is slowing the ...

As the planet heats up and Antarctica’s ice sheet melts at a faster pace, scientists warn of a steady rise in sea levels.