Antarctica is nearing an irreversible tipping point, with ice loss, ocean changes, and wildlife collapse threatening the ...

The team member insisted on sitting inside a machine's bucket that was already filled with a giant scoop of ice.

Increasing human activity in the Antarctic, including scientific and logistical operations, has raised concerns about the incidence of human-generated noise on Antarctic ecosystems. The study by ...

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the ...

“On the Antarctic Peninsula, so far, most outbreaks have been small . . . mainly impacting skua populations [a scavenger bird],” says Dr. Meagan Dewar, a Wildlife Biologist at the Federation ...

Insufficient monitoring leaves gaps in our knowledge of Antarctica's unique lifeforms and ecosystems—and their global ...

STORY: The icy waters off Antarctica are estimated to hold up to 550 million tons of krill.These tiny shrimp-like creatures are the linchpin in the Antarctic food web,sustaining a huge number of ...

More than 100,000 international tourists — including almost 10,000 Australians — travel to Antarctica each year. But a new ...

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CCAMLR member states fail to implement protection for wildlife and establish a new marine protected area (MPA) in East Antarctica. In a blow for biodiversity in East Antarctica, the member states of ...