There's a long and contentious history of US interest in the Arctic island, but it seems to have entered a new phase under ...

In recent years, scientists have been tirelessly monitoring the ever-changing climate patterns affecting our planet. A new ...

Scientists have long sought to understand what lies below the vast ice sheet and, now, a new map offers the most detailed view yet. Known as Bedmap3, this remarkable project has been led by the ...

The map, called Bedmap3, was developed by an international team led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The researchers behind the project say the new map gives a clearer picture of where ...

The storm that ripped through Centre County on Sunday included a downburst that had estimated peak winds of 100 mph in Bellefonte, the National Weather Service said in a public information statement ...

They predict that the changed salinity will slow the vital Antarctic Circumpolar Current by 20 per cent by 2050. The strongest current on Earth, the ACC's influence extends to the Atlantic ...

They predict that the changed salinity will slow the vital Antarctic Circumpolar Current by 20 per cent by 2050. The strongest current on Earth, the ACC's influence extends to the Atlantic, Pacific ...

Partway through its Antarctic expedition, the Margaret Brooke was joined by the navy's top commander, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee. In an exclusive interview aboard the ship, Topshee spoke to the ...

The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Known as Bedmap3 ...

Scientists used one of Australia’s most powerful supercomputers to model how melting ice sheets might change the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which plays a major role in global climate patterns.

A single Antarctic krill is about the size of your pinky finger. But with an estimated population of more than 700 trillion in the Southern Ocean, the tiny crustacean’s collective impact across ...

Drake Passage sits between South America’s Cape Horn, Chile, and Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands. On the map, the passage’s wild waters appear to be squeezed in the narrow slit created by the ...