A striking new phenomenon is emerging: distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves that are so extreme, they fall far beyond what any model of global warming can predict or explain. A new study ...

Starting to the right of the Antarctic Peninsula on the map is the Weddell Sea, which extends to Cape Norvegia, a small point of land jutting off of East Antarctica. Moving clockwise we go around the ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered amber on the Antarctic continent, filling a major gap in the global map of ...

As a result, while algae may contribute to reducing atmospheric CO2, it does not provide a large enough offset to make a significant dent in global warming. Moreover, the overall ecological and ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert ... Researchers suggest that the large conifers that dominated this ancient forest entered periods of dormancy during the winter in order to survive, as ...

China's Xuelong (Snow Dragon) ice breaker currently docked in New Zealand Chinese scientists are expected to conclude the most complete and precise map of Antarctica during their current ...

Amber discovered in the southernmost region provides fresh insights into Cretaceous forests near the South Pole.

Cartographer Will Pringle created beautiful, exquisitely detailed maps for Australian Geographic for almost four decades.

Balloon launches from around the world are part of a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country ...

A satellite orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth recently captured rare images of an atmospheric phenomenon that makes Antarctica glaciers appear to be smoking. The wisps of "sea smoke" blowing ...