A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of California San Diego to see how well it can withstand earthquakes. The UC San ...

Ammonia from the birds’ guano can mix with other gases and form clouds, potentially cooling Earth’s surface and preserving ...

The researchers further demonstrated that the ammonia kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction. Out at sea, tiny plantlike ...

Antarctica’s driest soils reveal thriving microbial life, ancient DNA, and complex ecosystems—reshaping what we know about ...

A polar blast originating in Antarctica is headed towards southeastern Australia, set to freeze millions of Aussies.

Everyone's heard of easy money schemes, but an Antarctic volcano that spews gold? Sounds a little far-fetched, no?

Huge colonies of penguins in Antarctica fill the air with ammonia, which stabilises particles in the atmosphere that allow ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica on ...

Two important concepts in evolutionary biology, mutualism and altruism, were first made famous by the colorful anarchist ...

There's an entire mountain range as big as the European Alps completely hidden under Antarctica's ice that no one has ever ...

The sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound has held secrets beneath its surface for decades. Now, scientists have unlocked ...

This laboratory possesses the capabilities to simulate nearly 10 extreme conditions, including extreme cold, strong winds ... "Once the equipment arrives in Antarctica, we have no means to ...