As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...

Blood Falls in Antarctica flows unpredictably with iron-rich, salty water. Microbes inside survive without sunlight.

A study on melting glacial ice sheets revealed a startling positive feedback loop effect with alarming implications for the ...

The amount of water available for domestic use, farming and industrial processes will be impacted as glaciers act as a significant source of freshwater ...

Greenland’s Ice Sheet is cracking open at the seams, literally falling apart at speeds indicative of the brutal and ...

Dengue Boy,’ a book about a humanoid mosquito taking his revenge in the dying years of planet Earth, is unsettling and essential.

Climatologists say that thanks to the high resolution of satellites on these maps, it is possible to analyze objects several meters across and determine their approximate volume and shape ...

Schalau returned to Fargo last fall after spending a year cooking for a research station at the South Pole. Before he headed south in September 2023, Schalau was a cook at Luna for two years. Upon his ...

An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be ...

Storyline: Despite being many miles from home in one of the world’s most inhospitable environments, China’s 41st Antarctic ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...