President Donald Trump signed a budget bill with almost $25 billion for new Coast Guard construction, including almost $9 ...

Antarctica sees record tourism growth as 130,000 visitors explored its unique beauty. Discover the implications.

The Antarctic Slope Current shields Antarctica from warm waters. But new research shows meltwater is speeding up the current, which could make it more unstable.

A little-known ocean current surrounds Antarctica, shielding it from warm water farther north. But our new research published in Geophysical Research Letters shows Antarctica's melting ice is ...

Life Penguin poo helps keep Antarctica cool Huge colonies of penguins in Antarctica fill the air with ammonia, which boosts particles in the atmosphere that allow climate-cooling clouds to form By ...

From 2021 to 2023, ice mass in East Antarctica particularly showed signs of recovery. However, scientists still say it may not signal a long-term trend.

A new study finds Antarctica gained mass for the first time in decades, reversing previous loss trends and briefly offsetting global sea level rise.

Wealthy adventurers and bucket listers rub shoulders with scientists looking to gather data as funding vanishes under the Trump administration.

An icy new map of Antarctica could help direct the search for alien life The Bedmap3 survey is bringing the polar continent into focus, which could help detect life on icy moons ...

A crew of four private astronauts have become the first to ever fly over the Earth's poles in space, gaining a sublime view of Antarctica.

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing Earth’s climate.