A mere 90 million years ago, Antarctica was a radically different place. Instead of being a polar desert characterized by colossal ice sheets and glaciers, it may have been a swampy land of ...

The Antarctic Desert is located in Antarctica and its surrounding oceanic areas. It is classified as a polar desert due to its extremely low precipitation and freezing temperatures. Polar deserts ...

While the desolation of Antarctica's polar desert leads to it often being overlooked, the world's southernmost continent "has been one of the most rapidly warming parts of the planet" over the ...

The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend ... This is similar to how dunes form and move in a desert.

Reams of scientific papers and accounts of the Antarctic winter had prepared ... dry climate of the polar desert. There’s a third less oxygen than at sea level, impairing brain function.

Antarctica, by contrast, remained comparatively under the radar. But more than a century after explorers raced to plant flags in the frigid polar desert, countries are once again starting to vie ...

President Donald Trump has already begun deporting illegal immigrants to their home nations via repatriation military air ...

The frozen continent has never been so desirable. But as other nations try to get in on the action, a race to the bottom ...

The Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization Program was commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC-UKRI) to enable a world-leading capability to ensure that Britain remains at ...

Congratulations to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff who have been awarded a Polar Medal in the 2025 New Year’s Honours List for their contributions to improving our understanding of ...

The Antarctic Desert is home to unique wildlife, including penguins and seals, and contains valuable climate records within its deep ice layers, which can reach depths of over two miles.