A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

Some of the water around Antarctica has been getting saltier. And that has affected the amount of sea ice at the bottom of ...

The Cosmic Microwave Background, also known as the earliest light of the universe, was captured through SPT-3G in the South ...

The Russian official — until recently in charge of the firm that has stitched together vast maps of South Pole hydrocarbons — is helping negotiate Putin’s ‘scientific’ interests at the prestigious ...

Fresh water for American scientists at the US South Pole station is just one of the life-saving projects at risk, former US Antarctic policy head William Muntean told Daily Maverick at the weekend.

"The Antarctic peninsula is often above freezing," he said. For at least a short while, Chicago and other parts of the Midwest will likely be colder than the South Pole, which is hovering around ...

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation between key players. So what is at stake in the world's southernmost region?

The researchers on South Africa’s SANAE IV outpost won’t be relieved until December, when temperatures at the South Pole are at their warmest for the year and seasonal ice storms pass.

It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate ...