The new protection area, proposed in 2018 by commission members Chile and Argentina, would cover the western Antarctic Peninsula, the northernmost part of the southernmost continent. The peninsula ...

Antarctica is in the grip of some of the world's fastest climate change. Its melting ice could contribute up to 5 meters of sea-level rise . Where the ice disappears, it leaves barren ground behind.

Between 1986 and 2021, the area of vegetated land on the Antarctic Peninsula increased from 0.86 to 11.95 square kilometers (0.33 to 4.61 square miles), according to a study published earlier this ...