Antarctica
A European research consortium wants to drill a 1.5-million-year-old ice core in Antarctica
Measuring the area impacted by humans is important for Antarctic conservation and environmental management
The filling and draining of meltwater lakes has been found to cause a floating Antarctic ice shelf to flex, potentially threatening its stability
The 11-person team has been working on the Rutford Ice Stream for the last 12 weeks in freezing temperatures
Montana State University-led expedition kicks off in a lake far beneath the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet
Terrestrial ecosystems are vulnerable to single introduced insect species
Scientists have shown that, 20,000 years ago, Arctic sea ice in the winter covered more than twice the area than it does today
More than 100 oceanic floats are now diving and drifting in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica during the peak of winter
Storm-driven ocean swells have triggered the catastrophic disintegration of Antarctic ice shelves in recent decades
The 1,500,000 penguins are located in the Danger Islands, a chain of remote, rocky islands off of the Antarctic Peninsula’s northern tip
