In a remarkable discovery, scientists have uncovered a vast tapestry of life, ancient landscapes, volcanoes, and geological life under the million-year-old ice of Antarctica, the fifth largest ...

A new discovery has closed a significant gap in the global map of amber finds: for the first time, amber has been unearthed in Antarctica. This discovery, led by scientists from the Alfred Wegener ...

The polar ice cap is a unique chemical archive of Earth's atmosphere. Data collected from the ice could pin down a puzzling problem in the science of global warming: How greenhouse gases have ...

Imagine peeling back miles of frozen white and revealing valleys, rivers, and mountains that haven't seen sunlight in tens of ...

A new study warns that 5,000 meteorites could be sinking beneath Antarctica's icy surface every year as a result of climate change, depriving scientists of vital information about our solar system.

Ancient bones revealed how fast the melting ice raised the Antarctic shorelines. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Antarctica's ...

The mysterious object spotted on Google Maps. (Google via SWNS) By Dean Murray via SWNS Conspiracy theorists believe they have spotted a huge secret doorway in Antarctica. Eagle-eyed sleuths ...

Bottom line: Better information allows for better predictions – this new drone will help scientists fill in the blanks on our maps of Antarctica, improving our estimates of how the continent will ...

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Antarctica—not to be confused with the Arctic—has long enchanted both adventurers and armchair explorers alike. But that hasn’t stopped various myths about the great white continent from circulating.