Antarctica's unique ecosystems are increasingly at risk from non-native marine species and pollution carried from Southern Hemisphere landmasses, according to a new study published in Global Change ...

It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that and have done so for thousands of years. Unfortunately, with the ...

Antarctica's glaciers are in serious trouble. While ice melting is nothing new, harmful carbon pollution is speeding up the process. A new study from Dartmouth College scientists, posted in Phys.org, ...

The sheer scale of Earth's plastic problem has been laid bare in a new study. Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey ...

The study recommends including measures against noise pollution in the management plans of Antarctica’s protected areas The study focuses specifically on examining whether the noise caused by the ...

The wonder material, plastic, was all the rage a few decades ago. Now, it’s destroying the planet. Humans cannot figure out how to dispose of plastic once used, and a majority of it ends up in ...

For much of the last century, Antarctica was widely considered a world of its own — remote, inhospitable and largely insulated from human influences and invasive species. But that’s changing. Tourism ...

Recent studies have detected microplastics in Antarctica as small as 1 micrometer, which is smaller than a human red blood cell. Current microplastic levels are 100 times higher than previously ...

It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that and have done so for thousands of years. Unfortunately, with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beautiful Antarctica landscape, mountains next to the sea with breathtaking reflection during midnight sun, sunset and sunrise in ...