First look at the island may offer the picture of a dead caldera but a closer look reveals that the caldera actually holds a ...

Irish scientists posted at Antarctic research station bring celebrations to the world’s southernmost continent ...

In 1929, Richard Byrd became the first pilot to fly an airplane over the South Pole. With fewer restrictions and capabilities ...

NASA’s ICESat-2 has hit an incredible milestone: 2 trillion laser shots fired from orbit! This Earth-monitoring marvel has ...

Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the ...

The Antarctic midge is the only insect native to Antarctica, surviving extreme cold through a unique combination of dormancy ...

“Every year is a little bit different, but what’s clear is that the ocean continues to rise, and the rate of rise is getting ...

Not much is known about BioShock 4, but a popular and longstanding setting rumor could put it in conversation with the first ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

As the planet heats up and Antarctica’s ice sheet melts at a faster pace, scientists warn of a steady rise in sea levels.

The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...

Scientists' yearlong study on Antarctic microbial communities reveals how climate change alters bacterial and phytoplankton ...