The H5N1 virus would be confirmed by the British Antarctic Survey in brown skua predatory birds on South Georgia, a UK subantarctic territory, in October — just months after the meeting. These ...

The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they ...

The Antarctic Treaty System is principally dedicated to the environmental threats that arise locally, including those from fishing, tourism and scientific research, and can be controlled as such.

While in Montevideo, Uruguay and the UK, both full members of the Antarctic Treaty exchanged Antarctic experiences, strengthened cooperation and looked into other possible areas to advance ...

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has reaffirmed its dedication to fostering global ...

Ahead of the Antarctic Treaty meeting in Berlin next month – which designates Antarctica as a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science - WWF is calling for Emperor penguins to be listed as a ...

Per the Antarctic Treaty and its related agreements, China and Russia are allowed to build stations where they chose in the region, as there is no sovereign territory in Antarctica and no ...

President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on Antarctic territories including Heard and McDonald Islands, despite their uninhabited status. Australia, which manages these islands for ...

These vulnerabilities are why nations responsible for sub-Antarctic islands and those who jointly govern Antarctica through the Antarctic Treaty put strict biosecurity protocols in place from the ...

Many of us perceive Antarctica as a distant and mysterious corner of the world. The coldest and most wind-swept region on Earth was the last continent to be discovered. Today, it stands as a ...

It is an iconic, global symbol of geopolitical stability on a contested continent that has never seen the blood of human war — thanks to the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, the disarmament pact initiated ...

Rachel Leihy works for the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. This research was done as a part of the Australian Research Council funded ...