In the middle of an active volcano at the bottom of the world, dozens of fur seals bask in blowing wet snow. They are mostly ...
The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...
In 1929, Richard Byrd became the first pilot to fly an airplane over the South Pole. With fewer restrictions and capabilities ...
He was a world-class endurance athlete, and then Pugh decided he could use attention-grabbing swims to persuade governments to think differently about marine ecosystems.
The Earth has seven continents that were once part of Pangaea, with Asia being the largest, Australia the smallest, and ...
Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the ...
Activist Paul Watson has revealed a plan to take action against Iceland's whaling activities in June, while continuing to ...
The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
Stanford researchers have combined machine learning with high-resolution satellite and airplane observations to understand ...
Stanford researchers have uncovered a critical missing piece in the complex puzzle of Antarctica’s ice movement, using ...
The Antarctic ice sheet ... The strain causes the ice in this area to have different physical properties in different directions – like how a log splits more easily along the grain than across ...
South Georgia has been in the headlines after the world's largest iceberg ran aground off its coast amid concerns it could ...