About two-thirds of Antarctic tourists land on the continent. The visitors can threaten fragile ecosystems by: Even when ...

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Visitor numbers to Antarctica could reach 450,000 a year within a decade, according to one scenario. How do we stem the tide?

Satellite data shows that Antarctic ice sheets have grown in size, prompting claims that climate change is in reverse or even ...

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A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

Mysterious radio signals detected emanating from Antarctica's ice have left particle physicists baffled. The pulses were ...

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The Coldest Place on Earth Antarctica is the epitome of frigid climates, with temperatures that can make you shiver just ...

Revealed: Twenty amazing facts about Antarctica - the mysterious, timeless realm that used to be as warm as Melbourne but now contains 90% of Earth's ice (and a glacier that 'bleeds') ...

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 it's been that way for around 34 million years.Yet researchers ...