A video of a map depicting Earth’s continents surrounded by an Antarctic “ice wall” is a creative interpretation from an online art forum. Some posts on social media have shared it with claims it ...

Title image: The dry valleys of Antarctica form the coldest, driest, and windiest ecosystems known. (Credit: Michael Gooseff/CU Boulder) Summer 2024 is on track to be the hottest on record for ...

Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life at an alarming rate as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, according to new research, sparking concerns about the changing landscape ...

Cruises to Antarctica, already popular, have grown dramatically in recent years. Scientists and advocacy groups say tighter regulation is needed to minimize the impact on wildlife and the environment.

In recent years, there have been many unprecedented events in Antarctica, from low levels of sea ice to record-breaking heatwaves and the collapse of ice shelves. It is virtually certain that even ...

The largest iceberg in the world is on the move after being stuck in the Antarctic seafloor for nearly 40 years. Known as A23a, the iceberg has now floated beyond the northernmost point of Antarctica ...

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 metres up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard ...

Oceanographer Jennifer Verduin just returned from Antarctica with a powerful message — climate change is no longer a distant threat, it's here and accelerating fast. From melting glaciers to shifting ...