A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ...

The researchers for the first time have created a continent-wide map of Antarctica for studying the rampant changes in its ...

Their work detected almost 45 square kilometers (17.3 square miles) of vegetation, around 80 percent of which was located within the Antarctic Peninsula and neighboring islands. That may sound like a ...

A 2021 satellite photo captured rare, wispy streaks of ice stretching across an ocean channel separating the Ronne Ice Shelf ...

My colleague Charlotte Walshaw from the University of Edinburgh was the lead scientist of the recent research mapping ...

Scientists have used a submersible to map the underside of Antarctica's Dotson Ice Shelf, revealing rapid melting and unusual ...

Peering up at the teardrop-shaped structures, the researchers compared the experience to seeing the far side of the Moon for ...

First comprehensive maps of a glacier's underside, created using an autonomous underwater vehicle, provide insights into ...

An autonomous underwater vehicle, deployed by an international research team to monitor a glacier in Antarctica, has yielded ...

The first continent-wide survey of Antarctic vegetation unveils previously unknown plant growth acrossthe polar region. The ...

A tiny seed found in Antarctica symbolizes how life is adapting to climate change. Warmer temperatures are melting glaciers, ...