The continent’s cold temperatures also maintain a strong polar vortex, which stabilizes the jet stream and keeps cold polar air from spreading to midlatitudes. During the summer, Antarctic sea ...

Massive waves pummeled a cruise ship during an Antarctica voyage, video footage from a passenger shows. Lesley Anne Murphy posted clips to Instagram on March 26 that appeared to show the ship ...

and dragging the world—and a few thousand penguins on remote Antarctic islands—down with it. The initiative helped pressure the Chinese government to clean up the air in Beijing and was later ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago that broke off of an Antarctic ice shelf has revealed a thriving ecosystem beneath it, according to researchers. On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from ...

In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new insights into the future of Antarctica's melting ice that may change the way ...

Few have outside of Antarctic researchers and seals. These extremely remote islands about 1,000 miles north of Antarctica consist mostly of barren tundra. They're also entirely uninhabited.

With allergy season on the horizon, it's time to invest in an air purifier. Pollen sneaks into your home through windows and doors, which is a major issue for allergy suffers. Combine these ...

Four hundred airmen of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing have returned to the Stratton Air National Guard ...

She has participated in more than 20 research trips to Antarctica to study ice cores ... gases are in the atmosphere and what Earth’s climate is. Ice cores trap tiny air bubbles, so you can release ...