A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

HX Expeditions has been leading adventure travel trips since 1896 and has more than 20 years of experience operating in ...

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

It is easier to find your geographical middle if you only need to deal with one nation. Still, there are plenty of methods to ...

But when the vortex in the stratosphere is disrupted—split, displaced, or elongated—it can push the jet stream below it south, bringing Arctic air into cities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

The Solar Orbiter has delivered the "highest resolution image ever of the Sun’s south pole" according to the European Space ...

Lightning happens all the time, but certain parts of the world get far less of it than others, including near the North Pole. Lightning requires atmospheric instability, something that’s set up ...

For the first time, images of the Sun's south pole have been captured by a space probe. This unique perspective provides scientists with valuable data about our star. The European Space Agency's Solar ...

Interestingly, it saw that the Sun’s magnetic field has its north and south all tangled up, with patches of both magnetic polarities present right up to the Sun’s south pole. This only happens once ...

A probe developed by the European Space Agency has taken the first images of the Sun’s south pole. How big of an achievement is this, and what can we learn from it? Joining Seán to discuss this ...

From that position, it could look directly at the Sun’s south pole. Over the next several years, the spacecraft will gradually increase its orbital tilt, offering even clearer views. “Today we reveal ...