Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

Hidden beneath the thick, frozen skin of East Antarctica lies a surprising discovery—ancient river-carved landscapes that may ...

Burning of fossil fuels, forests and grasslands sends small particles called aerosols into the air. High levels of aerosols can create a thick haze, cutting back on sunlight reaching Earth’s surface ...

R esearchers from the University of Copenhagen have found decades-old aerial photos that are helping them better understand ...

A prehistoric carbon spike turned oceans deadly and wiped out marine life. Scientists say today’s CO₂ rise could cause the ...

Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the ...

Understanding Why Antarctic Ice Loss Matters Antarctica may seem like another world—cold, distant, and forgotten—but what goes on there is already beginning to affect Antarctica may be remote, but ...

At the bottom of the world lies a region as magnificent as it is misunderstood: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Harsh, ...

The Māori language describes 12 distinct types of snow. Researchers are identifying them in Antarctica as part of a project ...

The animals we best know as fish food help to store millions of tons of carbon in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...

A new study in collaboration with BAS scientists reveals for the first time that zooplankton migration contributes ...