Despite surprising recent ice gains, the frozen continent remains in a perilous balance as warmer seas continue to erode the ...

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Stranded in a blizzard in Antarctica while searching for an abandoned ship, this episode covers the journey to the continent ...

East Antarctica gained an astonishing 695 billion tons of ice between 2021 and 2023, temporarily slowing Antarctica’s ...

Scientists have often wondered about species that are unique to Antarctica. But the focus has mainly been on animals, like feathery penguins. CIRES researchers wanted to dig deeper—into the ...

A tropical warming event helped drive record snowfall and a temporary 695-billion-ton ice gain in East Antarctica without ...

Biologists have uncovered a unique ensemble of Arthrobacter in Antarctic soil that are unlike microbes found anywhere else on ...

Scientists working through the latest Ocean Census project have added a carnivorous sponge nicknamed the “death ball” to a ...

A rare satellite view reveals the persistent lava lake inside Mount Michael, an active volcano on remote Saunders Island near ...

Ozone recovery is reducing UV radiation in Antarctica, but new research suggests the change could weaken tundra carbon uptake ...

Fly across the Drake Passage to King George Island, landing at the Chilean research station which permanently operates there.