Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Aside from the obvious problems of melting Antarctic ice, this problem of hidden volcanoes becoming active could spell ...

Meanwhile in the Cascades, scientists have discovered giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath ... the Greek island of Santorini this week. The effective pressure under the Antarctic ice sheet ...

Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...

The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

A collision with the island could ... such as Antarctica or Greenland. Their formation is a natural process but can be influenced by climate change. When ice accumulated on a glacier becomes too thick ...

We humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years, so naturally, certain things have slipped through the cracks ...

A state-of-the-art catamaran reveals a stretch of Tasmania’s rugged southern coastline that few visitors get to see.

Polar marine macroalgae thrive in extreme conditions, often displaying geographic isolation and high degree of endemism. The “phycosphere” refers to the zone around the algae inhabited by ...