Ask people to name the coldest country in the world, and the answer almost instinctively given is Antarctica. The confusion ...

'Nations must understand that by continuing to explore, extract and burn fossil fuels anywhere in the world, the environment of Antarctica will become ever more affected.' Drastic action is needed to ...

New findings about ocean processes in the Antarctic show melting ice shelves and changes to sea ice could have catastrophic ...

Antarctica may be in serious trouble. Satellite images show that the amount of sea ice floating around the pristine polar continent remains far below long-term averages despite the south polar region ...

Think about this for a second. What if you could witness a true natural spectacle that almost no one else gets to see?

Even in Antarctica — one of the most remote and desolate places on Earth — scientists say they are finding shattered temperature records and an increase in the size and number of wacky weather events.

Weathered rocks sitting above the ice hold iron concentrations up to ten times higher than earlier reports from elsewhere in Antarctica.

We found that Antarctic mosses create their own miniature climates, and these can vary dramatically in a single square metre. Mosses living just centimetres apart can differ by 15°C in their daily ...

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there impacts the world well beyond the coast — influencing weather patterns and food ...