Far beneath the creaking surface of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, scientists have uncovered a granite body roughly 60 miles ...
On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the coolest library on Earth was inaugurated at the Concordia station, Antarctica. Samples ...
Antarctica is known as the ‘Continent of Science. This is due to its dedication to peaceful scientific research and ...
Pink granite boulders perched high on West Antarctica's dark volcanic peaks have puzzled geologists for decades. Their ...
The first cruise of Aurora Expeditions’ Douglas Mawson was to circumnavigate Tasmania but the weather led to a new itinerary.
For anyone curious about what it's like to stand on another planet, Earth offers a few convincing previews. Mars may be 140 ...
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) have found a new layer under Greenland's ice sheet that ...
Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ...
The very latest developments in the world of Earth science with Roland Pease, recorded at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in New Orleans, where thousands of Earth, atmospheric, glacial, ...
When people think of the coldest locations on this planet, they often think of snow-covered forests and frozen bodies of water during prolonged polar nights. Although Antarctica has scored the lowest ...
At a small number of beaches around the world, dry sand actually makes noise underfoot, caused by friction between ...