Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

Antarctica is the world’s southernmost and least-populated continent… Unless you count its colonies of penguins, which are ...

Sharpe was joined by Maya Thomas of Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Abby Tomita of Oregon State University. The ...

Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to adapt to one of the world’s most extreme environments.