Why Antarctica’s tourism boom could spell disaster - ANALYSIS: Tourism growth is terrible for the icy continent, write Darla ...

This may come as a surprise to some, who would expect Antarctica to have a landscape of pure ice. Subverting this expectation, the researchers have mapped plant life across the continent, proving ...

Antarctica is turning green as plants take over parts of the icy landscape. The change is happening far faster than expected, which could spell trouble for the frozen but still living ecosystems.

Furthermore, over 100 plant species have recently invaded Antarctica, including common lawn grass that has rapidly spread over sub-Antarctic Islands and appears to be working its way down the ...

Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, new research shows, sparking concerns about the changing landscape on this vast continent.

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

Science Greening of Antarctica Is Another Sign of Significant Climate Shift on the Frozen Continent New research documents accelerating plant growth on the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands.

A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of field-based ecological knowledge. The new opinion article, "Is Antarctica Greening?" ...

Satellite images show Antarctica is turning ‘green’ faster than previously thought Satellite imagery shows that vegetation on the peninsula grew from less than one square kilometres in 1986 to ...

Currently, there are only two species of flowering plants native to the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic hair grass, and Antarctic pearlwort. “But with a few new grass seeds here and there, or a ...

Plants See the reconstructed home of 'polar dinosaurs' that thrived in the Antarctic 120 million years ago. ... More than 100 plant species have invaded Antarctica already.

ANTARCTICA (WKRC) - Scientists recently discovered amber fragments that suggest the snow-covered continent of Antarctica could have once been a lush jungle. The idea that Antarctica once looked ...