A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

Who Owns Antarctica? 511 Billion Barrels of oil are hidden under the ice, potentially sparking an unsettling race to influence the future of the last place on earth you can't visit. In this video, I ...

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Antarctica, uncovering a 1.2-million-year-old ice core. This ancient ice holds valuable data on past climate conditions, which could help us ...

The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

Like other partial Antarctic denizens, Wall also has to pass a physical exam every August, and at 70 years old, has yet to fail it. ... Antarctica could change drastically, Wall said.

Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events—such as atmospheric rivers—by 2100, with implications for future sea level rise. A study published in Nature Communications reveals ...

Wall is down to her last three years of making Antarctic trips, she thinks, once her current six-year project is complete. But flying away forever from Antarctica might not be a foreign feeling ...

The Antarctic Treaty Parties govern Antarctica and the region below 60° south latitude, coordinate international research activities in the region, and provide scientific advice to guide legislation.

Credit: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute A research vessel maneuvers around icebergs in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica. Credit: Alex Ingle / Schmidt Ocean Institute. In January, an ...

Bedmap3 is the newest map showing what Antarctica will look like without ice. British Antarctic Survey. Scientists used data from planes, satellites, ships, and dog sleds to create the map and ...

A new detailed map of Antarctica is set to significantly improve predictions of how ice flows and melts in response to climate change, say the scientists behind the project. The map, called ...