The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic. Our research, published today in Nature Climate Change, looks at the profound consequences to global climate if this Atlantic conveyor collapses entirely.

A more La Niña-like state would mean more flooding rains over eastern Australia and worse droughts and bushfire seasons over southwest United States.

There are even license plates from Antarctica listed on the site.

Officials say China has blocked efforts to step up protection of emperor penguins that are increasingly threatened by the effects global warming is having on their natural habitat in Antarctica

A bacteria have been discovered in Antarctica with genes that give them natural antibiotic and antim

Opinion: Antarctic research plays an important role for space to this day. Here's what we can learn from more than a century of research at the extremes of Earth.

Strains of a “superpower” bacteria that could cause the world’s next deadly pandemic have been discovered by scientists in Antarctica.

Daniel Ward, 19, will carry out research at the bottom of the globe and feed back findings to locals in his community.

Australian solo sailor Lisa Blair has broken the world record for fastest unassisted circumnavigation of Antarctica.

Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to demonstrate the viability of long-term human habitation of extraterrestrial environments. On May 12, 2022, a team of scientists announced that they had successfully grown plants using lunar soil gathered during the Apollo moon…

With two peaks to go, Erin Parisi seeks to become the first transgender person to complete this daunting climbing event.