Antarctic blue ice plays a crucial role in surface energy balance and paleoclimate research. A high-accuracy and comprehensive dataset of blue ice areas (BIAs) is essential for understanding climate ...

The types of animals we know today have several similarities with those that lived on Earth millions of years ago, but also ...

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

The first record of termites in a polar region provides key insights into what these ancient forests were like ...

As Midwinter Day in Antarctica approaches, the continent's history of isolation's perils is revisited. The tradition of celebrating survival highlights stories of psychological strain among explorers ...

ANTARTICA — Scientists are trying to solve a decade-long mystery by determining the identity of anomalous signals detected from below ice in Antarctica. The strange radio waves emerged during a ...

MZEZEWA: Oh, my gosh. I think so much of the responsibility lies on us as the ones going to other places. So in the case of Antarctica, it starts when you're at the very beginning of your journey, ...

Nearly a decade ago, a detector searching for ghostly cosmic particles found two anomalous signals in Antarctic ice. But scientists haven’t been able to find anything similar.

Scientists are venturing to the Southern Ocean to study clouds and the world's cleanest air to better understand climate change and the impact of human activity on the Earth's atmosphere.

Nicknamed the world’s “last frontier,” Antarctica is largely unexplored by people because of its extreme conditions and remote, difficult-to-access location. Cruise ships – and primarily ...

A balloon-borne experiment called ANITA picked up unusual radio signals while flying high over Antarctica to monitor cosmic activity. Credit: Stephanie Wissel / Penn State / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ...

At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long history of dark behavior ...