This was no ordinary expedition. It marked the first in-depth study of the geology, ocean conditions, and marine life beneath ...

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...

“Microplastics are particles ranging from one micron to five millimetres in size. Most research is done on larger fragments, while we focused on extremely small materials, starting from 20 microns,” ...

With the Trump administration sabotaging scientific knowledge gathered over half a century, US polar scientists are urgently ...

A team of researchers led by Niccolò Maffezzoli, "Marie Curie" fellow at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the University of California ...

The history of human exploration and research in the Antarctica has been hugely been impacted by Pensacola trained pilots, ...

The lowest temperature ever recorded in an inhabited area is -71.2º Celsius (-96,2ºF). Not only that, it’s also the lowest ...

Australian researchers have discovered how a large mountain chain resembling the European Alps and buried deep below the East ...

These zircon grains preserve a record of the mountain-building timeline: the Gamburtsev Mountains began to rise around 650 ...

President Donald Trump has begun eroding the United States presence in Antarctica by announcing deep funding cuts to his ...

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...