In 2017, scientists discovered amber in a sediment core from the Antarctic, and analysis since has revealed a startling truth ...

Antarctica’s eerie Blood Falls puzzled scientists worldwide. Was it a frozen crime scene, ancient bacteria, or something even ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary ...

A 2018 study suggested that people working in Antarctica over the winter enter a state of “psychological hibernation,” marked ...

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound, which will prove ...

Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place. These bursts of plasma, called ...

Scientists have mapped Antarctica’s ice-free ecosystems, highlighting their biodiversity and growing climate threats.

A core of ice extracted from Antarctica had literally frozen in time the climate of the planet going back nearly 70,000 years.