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Global warming is putting the continent's ice at risk of destruction in many forms. But one especially calamitous scenario might be a less pressing concern, a new study found. For [...]

Byline: Roger Maynard IT MAY be one of the coldest, most isolated and largely uninhabited regions on the planet, but the Antarctic is fast developing its own language, a study [...]

Byline: Robin McKie Science editor On 18 March, 2022, scientists at the Concordia research station on the east Antarctic plateau documented a remarkable event. They recorded the largest jump in [...]

NY-ALESUND, Norway, June 30, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- In 1963, French geologist Jean Corbel established a small hut near Ny-Alesund, sparking modern research in Svalbard. Since then, the former [...]

NY-ALESUND, Norway, June 26, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- In late June, amid Norway's Svalbard archipelago, marking the onset of summer in the Arctic islands, Chinese scientists at a pioneering [...]

Byline: EHREN WYNDER May 17 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden on Friday signed a memorandum updating United States policy on the Antarctic region in an effort to protect it from [...]

CANBERRA, May 10, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Australian government should consider the purchase of a second Antarctic vessel to boost research on the continent, a Senate inquiry has [...]

WELLINGTON, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- International scientists have been working to save the 'missing piece in the puzzle' of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) melt in [...]

LIVINGSTON ISLAND, March 10 -- Sea ice levels in Antarctica have registered historic lows for three consecutive years, portending grave consequences for life on Earth as we know it. But [...]

Byline: Robin McKie Science Editor Humanity is facing a bizarre new pandemic threat, scientists have warned. Ancient viruses frozen in the Arctic permafrost could one day be released by Earth's [...]

MOSCOW, February 14, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Russia has suspended the payment of annual contributions to the Arctic Council until the practical work resumes with the participation of all [...]

WELLINGTON, January 31, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Scientists have successfully drilled through 580 meters of ice and gathered crucial information to understand the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's past response [...]

HANGZHOU, December 25, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Researchers in east China's Zhejiang Province have developed an ultra-warm, lightweight and durable aerogel fiber by mimicking the structure of polar bear [...]

CHANGSHA: Zoomlion has issued the following news release: Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ('Zoomlion', 1157.HK) has recently joined forces to construct China's fifth Antarctic research station on [...]

LARKSPUR: GLOBAL COALITION FOR ADAPTIVE RESEARCH has issued the following news release: Global Coalition for Adaptive Research (GCAR) is proud to announce its partnership with the South Pole Trek 4 [...]

SHANGHAI, November 1, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's 40th Antarctic scientific expedition team set sail on Wednesday morning, starting a mission expected to last over five months. This is [...]

SHANGHAI, November 1, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's 40th Antarctic scientific expedition team set sail on Wednesday morning, starting a mission expected to last over five months. This is [...]

Byline: Ed Cumming Endless night in winter, endless light in summer, desperately cold temperatures, chastening winds, blizzards that last for a fortnight, iffy Wi-Fi: Antarctica is the kind of place [...]

It took an icebreaker ship and two long-range helicopters to evacuate the staff member from an Australian research base to advanced medical care. When a staff member fell ill at [...]

Byline: Bryan Pietsch Australia's Antarctic research program said it successfully evacuated an 'unwell expeditioner' from its research station on the southernmost continent. In a complex operation in the early days [...]

Byline: John Bartlett in Villa Las Estrellas A short walk into the biting wind from Villa Las Estrellas, a tiny Chilean village on the Antarctic peninsula, there is a cove [...]

At the world's northernmost year-round research station, scientists are racing to understand how the fastest-warming place on Earth is changing -- and what those changes may mean for the planet's [...]

Byline: Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — A sick expedition member has been evacuated from a remote Antarctic outpost in the depths of winter following a rescue operation spanning [...]

LONG BEACH: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (Rocket Lab or the Company), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed a double-launch deal [...]

Byline: Scott Dance Arctic sea ice declined dramatically in 2007 and has never recovered. New research suggests the loss was a fundamental change unlikely to be reversed this century, if [...]

Byline: Scott Dance Arctic sea ice declined dramatically in 2007 and has never recovered. New research suggests the loss was a fundamental change unlikely to be reversed this century, if [...]

HELSINKI, May 30, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The 45th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) kicked off here on Tuesday, attracting around 400 leading experts on Antarctica research. The most [...]

GWANGJU, South Korea: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology has issued the following news release: Pictures of melting glaciers and stranded polar bears on shrinking sea ice in the Arctic [...]

The world's unevenly warming climate is causing unforeseen changes to weather patterns across swathes of the planet, with new research indicating a warming Arctic Ocean can result in heavier snowfall [...]

BEIJING, March 27, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Chinese researchers have disclosed that a tsunami triggered by last year's Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption caused the collapse of the Drigalski ice [...]

CANBERRA, February 21, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Stronger El Nino events in the future could cause irreversible melting of ice shelves and sheets in Antarctica, Australian research has warned. [...]

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, fin whales in the Southern Ocean have rebounded and returned to their historic feeding grounds, according to a new survey. From a distance, [...]

LOS ANGELES: 37 Laines has issued the following news release: The North Face in association with Mountain House today announced the release of The North Face Presents: Beyond the Summit, [...]

CANBERRA, October 12, 2022 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Australia's top Antarctic scientists have reported a rapid decline in a population of Adelie penguins. According to research published by the Australian [...]

An ice shelf around the size of Rome has collapsed in Antarctica, after days of record temperatures. Scientists said 'virtually all' of what was remaining of the Conger ice shelf [...]

Byline: BEN HOOPER World Penguin Day, celebrated annually on April 25, began with researchers in Antarctica noticed Adelie penguins began their migration every year on almost the exact same date. [...]

BEIJING, April 12, 2022 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Researchers have reconstructed the Arctic amplification index over the past 1,000 years and found that the index has decreased during the time [...]

The changes happening at the top of the planet could unfold elsewhere in the years to come, scientists report. Across the icy dome that crowns the Earth, rising temperatures are [...]