A new study finds Antarctica gained mass for the first time in decades, reversing previous loss trends and briefly offsetting ...

Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found corals, sponges and even giant sea spiders some 750 feet under the ...

and Marine Biology at UC Santa Barbara who specializes in Antarctic research. With the advent of remote submersible robots it shouldn't be hard to work under significant ice, he said, but it ...

But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ways. Recent scientific studies reveal that melting ice sheets in West Antarctica might trigger ...

Chen Zhao is the recipient of an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Dr Zhao is affiliated with Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP), at the Institute ...

Antarctica's ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously known because of climate change, according to a new US Geological Survey report prepared in close collaboration with the British ...

Microbes living beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet may survive on methane generated by geothermal heat rising from deep below Earth’s surface. The discovery could have implications for assessing ...

Differences in seawater colour could reveal how tiny Antarctic creatures are faring in a warming world. More than twice the size of greater London, the expanse of ice is unpredictable and dangerous.

Sometimes the penguins would even get curious about the cameras and “break the fourth wall.” “That is why this series ...