We’re aboard a 200-passenger tourist ship, with a team of wildlife scientists, on our way to the Antarctic Peninsula. Victoria Gill Researchers follow the whales and take tissue samples to study ...

The first antarctic expedition falls into that period which is so peculiarly replete with important events, both in the world of politics and in the realm of science. We read in a leaflet issued ...

Fun fact: blue whales are 16 times bigger than a human. The post 85 Photos Of Animals That Are Way Bigger Than Most Of Us ...

For the second year in a row, Antarctic sea ice has reached near-record low levels. This reinforces concerns that human-caused climate change has initiated a lasting “regime shift” in the ...

Scientists have for the first time found microplastics in freshly fallen Antarctic snow. Researchers from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand collected samples from 19 sites in Antarctica ...

“The Antarctic ice sheet is going to disappear; this is going to happen. The question is how fast.” The speed at which West Antarctica’s ice disintegrates matters hugely for human ...

Ground temperatures in East Antarctica have soared more than 50 degrees (28 Celsius) above normal in the second major heat ...

It is a giveaway that all is not as at first, it seems. This is not a fancy Antarctic resort. This is Qinling Station. It is China's fifth Antarctic base, and the third capable of operating 12 ...

Two papers published in Nature Geoscience in June indicate that Antarctic ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously anticipated. The papers detail two distinct mechanisms for melting ...

New research reveals a concerning shift in Antarctic Treaty decision-making in the face of rising environmental and governance issues in the region. Doctoral candidate Natasha Gardiner is lead ...

The fifth-largest continent is home to the largest ice sheet on the planet, the Antarctic Ice Sheet, as well as the Transantarctic Mountains, with peaks soaring more than 14,700 feet into the sky.

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