It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that and have done so for thousands of years. Unfortunately, with the ...

Sea ice around Antarctica expanded for several decades until a dramatic decline in 2015. The reasons behind this are revealed ...

Alessandro Antonello is Associate Professor of Environmental History at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is the author of The Greening of Antarctica: Assembling an International Environment ...

Bacteria living in Antarctica’s barren desert soils have developed a survival strategy that defies conventional biology: they ...

Turkish scientists say research shows risks in Antarctic region from diseases carried by migratory birds to plastic waste ...

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is ...

Educational travel is one of the most powerful ways families can grow together and this is especially true in places like Antarctica. “When a child is standing three feet away from a penguin colony, ...

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It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that and have done so for thousands of years. Unfortunately, with the ...