A new discovery has closed a significant gap in the global map of amber finds: for the first time, amber has been unearthed in Antarctica. This discovery, led by scientists from the Alfred Wegener ...

A deadly strain of bird flu circulating worldwide is disrupting research in Antarctica and could lead to the cancellation of some projects to study penguins, seals and other animals next year. “This ...

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International researchers announced the discovery of a potentially over 30-million-year-old lost world located more than a mile beneath the Antarctic ice that may have teemed with rivers, forests, and ...

Antarctica’s polar vortex could be about to split in two for the first time in more than 20 years after a series of sudden spikes in stratospheric temperatures. If that happens, it could lead to ...

A misleading comparison of Antarctic sea ice levels on two specific days 27 years apart has been used by people online, opens new tab to falsely claim that climate change warnings are a scam. Two ...

A member of a small South African research team at a remote Antarctic base has accused a colleague of assault and pleaded for intervention, officials have said. A “response plan to engage the ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) -Rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice could be a tipping point for the global climate, causing sea level rises, changes to ocean currents and loss of marine life that are impossible to ...

From late November 2016 through January 2017, UW-Milwaukee geologists Erik Gulbranson and John Isbell climbed the McIntyre Promontory’s frozen slopes in the Transantarctic Mountains. Here, it is ...

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 amount of ...