New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon ...

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

Imagine the world without Antarctica's ice sheets. If Antarctica were to melt entirely, it would trigger an unprecedented rise in sea levels, potentially flooding vast swaths of the Earth ...

Chinese scientists are expected to conclude the most complete and precise map of Antarctica during their current expedition to the frozen continent. Although much of Antarctica has been chartered ...

The map highlights the threats to a species, and industry, critical to Australia. Find out more.

First, the United States and like-minded countries should conduct unannounced inspections of stations in Antarctica. Regularly using this tool significantly reduces the risk that policymakers would be ...

They map the gravity, topography, and dynamic behavior of the ice sheet and its surrounding floating ice shelves, as well as sea ice cover and oceanic behavior.

Newsweek has created a map that lays bare the isolation of a South African research base in Antarctica where a team is reportedly trapped with a colleague who has become violent.

Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map of Antarctica without ice, revealing its hidden mountains, canyons, and geological features. The new Bedmap3 dataset helps researchers understand ice ...

The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted landscape for two centuries. Countries have tried to carve up Antarctica and lay claim, but no one owns it.

For 65 years, Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising geopolitical tensions and a shifting world order, that ...