Located off the coast of Northumberland, the Farne Islands are home to a large population of grey seals. The islands offer guided boat tours for visitors to observe the seals up close. Svalbard is a ...

It reveals how these large marine mammals have adapted – and sometimes failed to adapt – to such pressures since the height of the last Ice Age thousands of years ago. Today, the largest southern ...

Knysna Eastern Heads site. Sara Watson, Author provided (no reuse) The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world.

Analysis - The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today's world.

In 2018, Roger Summons, Schlumberger Professor of Geobiology at MIT and head of the Summons Lab in MIT’s Department of Earth, led a team to study meltwater ponds on Antarctica’s McMurdo Ice Shelf.

A new study shows that melting sea ice due to increasing temperatures is leading to a "concerning" and severe decline in ...

Using satellite records of sea ice concentration dating back to 1982, the team tracked annual changes in sea ice timing, extent and duration, then compared them to seal counts carried out every ...

The new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions, namely melting sea ice due to increasing temperatures, are leading to a "concerning" and severe decline in their populations ...