Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary biodiversity and contribute to global diversity and environmental stability. These ...

“Our findings confirm that the influence of anthropogenic climate change has no ... greening could also reduce Antarctica's ability to reflect sunlight as darker plants absorb more heat.

Scientists say subtle differences in the colour of seawater will enable them to count tiny - but critically important - ...

is getting faster due to climate change. At least, that's the finding a new study that examined the past 5.3 million years of this polar ocean vortex's behavior, using sediment cores samples take ...

They hope it'll help them understand both how climate changed in the past and how it's changing now and how it may change in the future. At a site in Eastern Antarctica known as Little Dome C ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...

Scientists have mapped Antarctica’s ice-free ecosystems, highlighting their biodiversity and growing climate threats.

But, once the feedback loop is triggered, even a successful attempt to curtail the emissions of climate-changing pollutants won’t stop the melt-eruption-melt chain reaction. And Antarctica’s ...

An international research team has successfully drilled and retrieved a 9,186-foot-long (2,800-meter-long) ice core from Antarctica ... fundamental dynamics of climate change on our planet ...