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

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ...

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 ...

In a remarkable discovery, scientists have pinpointed the cause behind an unusual and major event in Antarctica. During the ...

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 ...

The team of four women - Ann Bancroft, Sunniva Sorby, Sue Giller, Anne Dal Vera - at the South Pole in 1993. Sunniva Sorby. On this day (January 14, 1993), four women arrived on skis at the South ...