Scientists are sounding the alarm about sudden and dramatic changes unfolding across Antarctica. The icy continent, once ...

What they witnessed near a glacier in Antarctica made them rethink their beliefs. Yet nobody ever arrived at a firm ...

The discovery stems from the unearthing of well-preserved fossil leaves in the Laisong Formation of Nagaland, dating back ...

Michael Polito/Louisiana State University/AFP Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by metres and lead to "catastrophic ...

Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by meters and lead to "catastrophic consequences for generations," scientists warned ...

Our planet continues to warm because of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. The polar regions are especially ...

Moonshot proposals to save the poles are gaining popularity as the planet heats up. But none of the most high-profile ideas ...

Scientists have confirmed that East Antarctica's interior is warming faster than its coastal areas and identified the cause.

Abrupt changes” threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, at which point continued ice-melting would ...

Alison Ballance finds out what it takes to live in and do science in Antarctica, in a podcast series recorded on the frozen continent in November 2019.