An international team of scientists has drilled nearly two miles into Antarctic bedrock, extracting a 1.2 million-year-old ice core. This breakthrough, achieved by Beyond EPICA at Little Dome C ...

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1 ...

The area is governed by the Antarctic Treaty System, which mandates that “Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only.” The Cold-War era pact and subsequent agreements aimed to make ...

Antarctic tourism has boomed in recent years with the remote continent attracting record numbers of tourists. In 2024, an astonishing 122,000 people made the trip to Antarctica - a massive ...

Some of those volcanoes peak above the surface, but others sit several kilometers beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. This newsletter rocks. Get the most fascinating science news stories of the week ...

The discovery, part of the ENIGMA project funded by the National Antarctic Research Program, upends past findings about Lake Enigma, and offers unique insights into one of Earth’s most inhospitable ...

Their attention recently turned to an unexpected ally: an Antarctic octopus that inhabits the chilly waters around the continent. This Antarctic octopus species, known among experts for its unique ...

Earth from space: Antarctica's 'Deception Island' is one of the only places on Earth where you can sail into an active volcano —Scientists peered into a secret Antarctic lake hidden beneath the ...

The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage ...

According to an October 2024 study published in Nature Geoscience, vegetation is taking over the Antarctic Peninsula, turning its edges into a verdant landscape worthy of plein air painting.