Mining is banned on the frozen continent. But new research suggests that could change as ice melts and land and valuable minerals are exposed. By Eric Niiler Prospectors are scouring the Pacific Ocean ...

A newly drawn map of the southernmost continent has revealed the whole of Antarctica’s subglacial world in unprecedented detail, providing new data that could help scientists tackle climate change.

Bethan Davies receives funding from the FCDO Polar Regions Department. Rain is rare in Antarctica. Scientists doing fieldwork there dress for cold and glare, not wet weather – duvet jackets, snow ...

Antarctic sea ice coverage has likely rebounded this year, coming closer to its annual summer average after four years of extreme lows, US scientists said Monday. The area covered by Antarctic sea ice ...

A comprehensive 30-year study led by University of California, Irvine glaciologists has produced a circumpolar ice grounding line migration map of Antarctica. An amalgamation of three decades of ...

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Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles. Scientists with the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre captured footage of a ...

The Pentagon has secured $194 million to build the first of a fleet of new ski planes that will support troops flying over the Arctic and Antarctic. Funding approved by Congress last month includes ...

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...