In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of ...

The North Pole, often a subject of fascination, lies at the very top of our planet, but its exact location can be difficult to pinpoint on a standard map. Geographically, it is located over the Arctic ...

‘We are hoping to unlock all these amazing secrets.’ The new core ice, which was drilled near the Concordia research station in the ‘White Continent,’ beats the previous 800,000-year-old ice, which ...

If life can thrive and survive under the ice in Antarctica, it might also be possible it can thrive in extraterrestrial environments too' ...

Satadru Sovan Banduri's paintings at Kalakriti Art Gallery in Hyderabad depict biodiversity under threat and environmental ...

The internet has long been home to conspiracy theories, some with more evidence behind them than others. But while internet conspiracies of old took the ...

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

The Māori language describes 12 distinct types of snow. Researchers are identifying them in Antarctica as part of a project ...

At the bottom of the world lies a region as magnificent as it is misunderstood: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Harsh, ...

The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at ...

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...