Warming climate impacting on krill population – seals’ primary food sources – is leading to animals being born smaller and females breeding later than usual, according...
Antarctica must be better protected from tourism and other human activities, after experts noted a surge in the number of visitors travelling to “the planet’s last...
The International Court of Justice has ruled that Japan must temporarily halt its whale killing for scientific purposes in Antarctica, following a claim brought forward by...
The last remaining ‘stable’ corner of the Greenland ice sheet is stable no more, with a potentially devastating impact on global sea levels, scientists have found....
Four new manmade gases, possibly derived from chemicals in insecticides and solvents, have been found to be damaging the ozone layer, which helps filter harmful ultraviolet...
The rapidly melting Pine Island glacier in West Antarctica may be the biggest contributor to rising sea levels over the next few decades, a new study...
Parker Liautaud, who arrived at the South Pole unaided on Christmas Eve after an 18-day trek, said he undertook the challenge in an effort to “reignite...
The largest glacier in Antarctica, which split up into a giant iceberg in July, is likely to continue its retreat, according to experts who say it...
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The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth has been discovered in newly analysed satellite data to be an astonishing -93.2C (-135.8F). Unsurprisingly, the coldest place on...
Twenty-four countries plus the European Union have gathered in Hobart, Australia, as members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), to...
Glaciers in the East Antarctic are more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, according to a new study. Scientists had believed that glaciers along the...
Researchers have uncovered evidence to suggest the Arctic is more exposed to manmade climate change than its southern cousin, the Antarctic. A team from Dalhousie University...
2012 was one of the 10 warmest years globally and caused major changes in the Arctic region, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)....
A Russian delegation supported by Ukraine has contested the creation of two large sanctuaries in Antarctica on legal grounds, saying that the Commission for the Conservation...