Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...

As polar ice continues to melt at alarming rates, Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are facing unprecedented challenges. From polar bears struggling to find food to penguins losing their breeding grounds, ...

A new chemotaxis-based method could revolutionize the search for extraterrestrial life by detecting microbes movement on Mars ...

Extremophiles: Life in Extreme Conditions Extremophiles are the superheroes of the microbial world. These organisms find a ...

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey have discovered microplastics in Antarctic snow near remote glaciers. This ...

Deep beneath Antarctica's ice is a hidden network of water channels that dictate how quickly the continent's ice sheets slide and melt. This is because liquid water can lubricate ice sheets, like ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Microplastics have been detected in Antarctic snow near field camps and the South Pole, marking the first discovery in such remote locations. Using a new ...

Credit: Shivani Ehrenfeucht et al., 2024; CC-BY-NC-ND Deep beneath Antarctica's ice is a hidden network of water channels that dictate how quickly the continent's ice sheets slide and melt.

When saltwater absorbs carbon dioxide, it becomes acidic, which alters the aquatic animal ecosystem. But how exactly does ocean ...

Storm Garnett swept into the Northeast with heavy snow and freezing rain, making a mess of roads and causing hundreds of ...

Dr Gabriele Stowasser – Marine Ecologist, Antarctic to 2024 Gabriele is a marine ecologist working on the trophic (feeding) relationships between living organisms in marine ecosystems of the ...