Temperature spikes above Antarctica in July represent the earliest warming of the stratosphere ever recorded, NASA ...

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world's largest feeding ground for baleen whales—species like humpbacks that ...

Antarctica's rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of ...

As global temperatures rise, the ecology of Antarctica is already changing, but Earth's climate would have to change ...

The 11 th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research conference was held in Pucón, Chile August 19-23, 2024. Fifteen-hundred ...

Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?

Even though most ozone-depleting gases are now banned, it will take decades before they are gone from the stratosphere. In ...

Antarctica was ice-free 34 million years ago. Changes in carbon dioxide levels and tectonic shifts isolated the continent, ...

More frequent wildfires, emissions from rocket launches and more satellite debris burning up in the atmosphere all contribute ...

A new study highlights the significant impacts of unprecedented heat waves in Antarctica, which are occurring even during ...

Four firefighters have returned to Pennsylvania after supporting Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica today. According to a ...