Antarctica could warm much faster than its surroundings over the next few decades due to a phenomenon known as polar amplification that is well established in the Arctic.

However, a study published in October 2025 may have finally solved the mystery surrounding their origin, linking the ...

The Antarctic Peninsula is an early warning system for the southernmost continent when it comes to climate change. And the prognostications are grim — but it’s not yet too late to avoid irreversible ...

An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid ...

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Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica antarctica — a tiny, rice-sized midge and the southernmost insect on Earth ...

On a freezing day in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Yuriy Lyshenko is amply equipped for the cold in a bright red jacket designed for the winters of Antarctica. "Now this frost has hit, I need to put it ...

It has been two weeks since Winter Storm Fern swept through the United States, and many cities are still busy digging themselves out of waist-high snow mountains. A brand-new building in ...

We know so little about Antarctica. Did you know it is the largest desert in the world? Or that 99% of it is covered in ice? Learn more facts about this strange land. Trump says Republicans should ...

U.S. authorities have carried out a first official inspection of a Chinese Antarctic research station in six years, in a sign that America is paying attention to China's presence in the South Pole, as ...