Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, ...

Bacteria living in the barren, ice-free soils of Antarctica have found a way to endure months of freezing darkness without sunlight or organic food. Instead of relying on photosynthesis, these ...

An article published recently in Nature Geoscience warns that Antarctica's ice masses have begun to experience a process scientists call "Greenlandification." The term refers to the unprecedented ...