As global temperatures rise, the ecology of Antarctica is already changing, but Earth's climate would have to change drastically before the continent could support agriculture and permanent settlers.

About 99% of Earth is uninhabitable; in deep underground places with high pressure and temperature, even the toughest ...

Biomes as well as individual ecosystems throughout the globe are experiencing considerable stress. As a researcher/writer ...

New research suggests that life could thrive on exoplanets with unique atmospheres, expanding the definition of habitability ...

As for the UK, “in simple terms, [it would be] fundamentally less habitable than it is at the ... in periods that North America had not. Antarctica had warmed by between 8C and 16C in just ...

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UK Chief Executive for the Center for Environment, Fisheries and Agriculture Science (CEFAS) Neil Hornby affirmed Wednesday the importance of knowledge sharing in tackling global environmental ...

In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and his 27-man crew set sail on a journey to Antarctica. Their mission? To become the first people to ever cross the entire continent, which is roughly 1.3 ...

Smaller calving events, not large icebergs, drive Antarctic ice sheet loss. Arecent study conducted by University of Florida geologists and geographers has shed new light on the effects of climate ...

The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision course with South Georgia, a crucial wildlife breeding ground in the South Atlantic. Satellite imagery suggested ...