#Antarctica

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier may be melting twice as much as previously predicted, even without additional global warming. Scientists discovered that warm ocean water is penetrating miles beneath the ice, weakening its foundations and accelerating its…

Antarctica's glaciers were changing long before satellites, weather stations or cameras captured their transformations, and they left behind clues.…

A 7-year field experiment showed Antarctica’s native grass and pearlwort reworking their internal plumbing in contrasting ways as temperatures shifted.…

George Clarke from Bristol will run the post office at Port Lockroy in Antarctica from October to March.

When I was laid off from my tech job, I made a big career switch. I just didn't know how hard it would be to apply to a job in Antarctica.

Silversea has started welcoming guests to its exclusive hotel for Antartica fly cruise passengers

Atlas Ocean Voyages 58% off select 2026 and 2027 cruises, with Caribbean fares from $1,999, Europe from $2,499 and Antarctica from $8,999

The Cormorant at 55 South in Puerto Williams claims to be the world's southernmost hotel, but you can only stay there as part of a Silversea cruise package.

Discover Antarctica's architectural biography: a unique blend of extreme conditions, modernity, and forgotten histories at the Buenos Aires Biennial.

Discover Antarctica's architectural biography: a unique blend of extreme conditions, modernity, and forgotten histories at the Buenos Aires Biennial.

Harrowing footage shows towering Southern Ocean seas battering a ship in one of the world’s most dangerous crossings.

The discovery, published in Nature Geoscience, reveals one of the largest deep-Earth structures ever mapped on the continent.

A new study suggests Antarctica’s ice sheet hit a climate tipping point about one million years ago, making it far more reactive to temperature and CO2 changes.…

Representing the longest continuous record of the Earth’s climate, the giant ice core may soon unlock some much-wanted data into Earth's climate history.

The solar system is now at the edge of this cloud, but the massive stockpile of cosmic stardust has left signatures on Earth's southernmost region.

Greater protections for endangered emperor penguins and how to manage growing tourism will top the agenda at talks on Antarctica opening in Japan on Tuesday.

Officials from the nearly 60 countries signatory to the Antarctic Treaty are meeting in Hiroshima for annual discussions on protecting and managing the fragile region.

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat of Antarctic sea ice—frozen seawater that expands around the continent each winter—appeared remarkably…

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