Some penguin populations, however, are under serious threat because of climate change. Losing them and their guano could mean ...

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 ...

According to the paper, published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, the penguin droppings created a concentration of ammonia 1000 times higher than usual. Even after the penguins migrated ...

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

Dr Kate Helmstedt has just returned from Antarctica, where she used mathematical models to analyse samples of the environment ...

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.

The West’s newfound interest in the Arctic is making Moscow, which has longstanding geopolitical, economic and strategic ...