Antarctica is not exactly the kind of place most of us will ever visit. It is brutally cold, absurdly remote, and almost incomprehensibly vast - covering nearly 14 million square kilometers, an area ...

New research shows parts of Antarctica may already be committed to long-term ice loss, pushing sea levels toward mid-to-high UN projections and making low-rise scenarios unlikely. Scientists have ...

CSIS Americas Program Senior Associate Bill Muntean gives an overview of the agenda and issues for the upcoming Antarctic ...

A recent study published in National Science Review finds abundant ocean eddies in the Antarctic marginal seas, using ...

Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Below the Antarctic ice lies a treasure trove of minerals, including copper, iron, gold, ...

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica ...