Antarctica has long been seen as Earth’s frozen shield, vast, remote, and seemingly unbreakable. Yet scientists are now warning that some of its most fragile regions may have crossed a dangerous ...

What makes the Antarctic continent different from all other continents on our planet is that no permanent settlements or people are living there. All other continents are populated by permanent ...

While computers are packed with fun and essential apps and programs, depending on when you bought your first PC, you might have fond memories of doing nothing but watching screensavers play on the ...

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity ...

A comprehensive 30-year study led by University of California, Irvine glaciologists has produced a circumpolar ice grounding line migration map of Antarctica. An amalgamation of three decades of ...

Antarctica is officially hiring, and the coldest continent is seek applicants who are cool under pressure. These positions are plentiful and well-paid. Antarctic Artist & Writer Shaun O’Boyle takes ...

Mining is banned on the frozen continent. But new research suggests that could change as ice melts and land and valuable minerals are exposed. By Eric Niiler Prospectors are scouring the Pacific Ocean ...

A dip in Earth's gravity field beneath Antarctica is helping scientists track deep-Earth changes over tens of millions of years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Melbourne, Australia — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. Many experts had thought sharks didn ...

Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica antarctica — a tiny, rice-sized midge and the southernmost insect on Earth ...

Gravity feels reliable—stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over Earth's surface. And it is weakest ...