Even with manned nuclear airplanes, Antarctica might offer advantages as an air base over more populous areas. Despite these considerations, the major Powers have not displayed any great interest in ...

In 1955, the United States began a mission that forever changed the landscape of Antarctic exploration: Operation Deep Freeze ...

Antarctica is warming at a rate so rapid that the frozen region’s green vegetation has grown tenfold in the past four decades, according to a concerning new report in the journal “Nature ...

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...

Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life at an alarming rate as the region is gripped by extreme heat events ...

Similar to astronauts, military members and other overseas ... one of three U.S. Antarctic research bases, fluctuates over the year, but some crew members remain on the ice throughout the U.S ...

The outlook for "Doomsday Glacier" just got gloomier. Scientists are warning the Antarctic Ice Sheet, known formally as the Thwaites Glacier, will deteriorate "further and faster" and that sea ...

Antarctica is turning green at an alarming rate as events of extreme heat have reshaped the continent’s landscape over the past few decades. Using satellite data, a team of scientists captured ...

Why Trust Us? The Earth’s poles are warming more rapidly that other parts of the planet, and now a new study shows that vegetation is beginning to return to the Antarctic Peninsula. This patch ...

Antarctica is seeing a significant increase in vegetation due to climate change. Researchers found a tenfold rise in plant life over the past 35 years, with mosses growing in harsh conditions.

Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life at an alarming rate as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, according to new research, sparking concerns about the changing ...