The ozone layer above Antarctica is thinning at an alarming rate, posing threat to the wildlife breeding below in the ice.

Captain James Cook's third and final attempt to sail south in search of the elusive Terra Australis was blocked by ...

Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...

The Antarctic is often romanticised, but when people realise what’s waiting for them… well, there’s not a lot of people who ...

A group of scientists trapped in a tiny base in Antarctica have sent an email pleading to be rescued after they say a member of their team threatened to kill another colleague. A South African ...

He reminds me that Antarctica doesn’t have four seasons, but two. Winter begins in March, plunging the base into almost ten months of darkness, with outside temperatures averaging -23C and winds ...

Languages: English. A team of international scientists has created a map revealing Antarctica's topography beneath its miles of ice after compiling more than 60 years of data. Newsweek reached out ...

The measurements from 2013–2014 are the first thorough analysis of both bacteria and microbial eukaryotes across all seasons in coastal Antarctica. Engelmann hopes that many more measurements ...