An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

When sea ice forms later, the communities of tiny algae that live within it change too. Detecting these early signals now ...

Antarctica may appear to be an endless expanse of ice, but beneath its frozen surface lies a complex and dramatic landscape ...

The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which ...

A little-known ocean current surrounds Antarctica, shielding it from warm water farther north. But our new research published ...

Social media posts are claiming to disprove the effects of climate change in Antarctica by comparing the amount of sea ice ...

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...

Scientists say they’ve seen ammonia emitted from penguin poop result in the creation of fog. The clouds created may be ...

According to the team, the data suggests that penguin poop may be helping reduce some of climate change’s effects on an ...

In one of the world’s most isolated and extreme environments, researchers are testing new tools to combat the psychological toll of isolation, and two ...

Previous models have found clouds fueled by seabird guano in the Arctic do cool the ground, but the study authors say ...

Huge colonies of penguins in Antarctica fill the air with ammonia, which stabilises particles in the atmosphere that allow ...