After years of international negotiations, Ross Sea in Antarctica will become the world's largest marine protected area.

New research reveals the conditions required for the robust growth of coccolithophores, the algae that formed the White Cliffs of Dover.

In 1939 onderzocht een Duitse expeditie een deel van Antarctica. Het gebied werd door de nazi’s geclaimd en omgedoopt in Nieuw-Zwabenland.

Melting sea ice could be 'a driver of changes in the climate system.'

Logbooks from the likes of Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton - key figures in the 'Heroic Age' of Antarctic exploration - have revealed that sea ice levels in Antarctica have barely changed over the past century, despite global temperatu

An iceberg about the size of Delaware splintered from the Larsen C ice shelf in one of the largest calving events ever recorded.

How did an Antarctic mountain — one that has suddenly become internet-famous — come to be shaped like a pyramid?

Satellite images of the crack in Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf. If it breaks off, it'll make an ice island in the Southern Ocean as large as one of the smallest U.S. states.

Tiny ocean fossils distributed widely across rock surfaces in the Transantarctic Mountains point to the potential for a substantial rise in global sea leve

A calving event at the Larsen C ice shelf could create a floating ice island the size of Delaware.

An iceberg - about the size of the U.S. state of Delaware - split off from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf sometime between July 10 and 12.

who knew? We often search for stars, exoplanets and evidence of alien life at extremely vast distances. What about the mysteries here on planet earth such as what exists beneath Antarctica. Here is a small intro from a cool video which takes a look at the great ice sheet: The Antarctic ice sheet is one of the two...

Scientists have confirmed that an iceberg the size of Delaware is on the verge of splintering off from Antarctica and floating into the ocean.

Beneath the surface of the icy waters of Antarctica, a symphony of sounds can be heard.

NASA's Aqua satellite provides a space-based view of the giant iceberg that calved off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf.

Boat McBoatface is here to help researchers learn about climate change in the Antarctic's waters.