The “gravity hole” formed at least 70 million years ago after convection in Earth’s mantle. The weak gravity could impact our ...

Turkish scientists say research shows risks in Antarctic region from diseases carried by migratory birds to plastic waste ...

In the Antarctic Peninsula, precipitation is increasingly falling as rain rather than snow, with consequences for glaciers, ...

Antarctica is offering all kinds of jobs for people who are brave enough to live and work on the continent. It’s brutally ...

Why is Antarctica frozen? It is in the polar region, which is one explanation. But something deep underneath the continent ...

A tube of mud can look like nothing special at first. Pull it from half a kilometer under Antarctic ice, though, and every smear starts to read like a diary.

A rare deep-field Antarctic flight campaign has uncovered unexpected aerosol concentrations over the continent’s interior.

Mining is banned on the frozen continent. But new research suggests that could change as ice melts and land and valuable minerals are exposed.

Higher emissions could trigger collapsing ice shelves and rising sea levels in Antarctica, while lower emissions limit ...

Scientists and policy makers fear collapsing international norms will be devastating to Antarctica.

A 23-million-year record hidden beneath Antarctica’s ice may reshape forecasts of how rising temperatures affect global ...