As climate change and commercial fishing threaten krill, the crustaceans that fuel Antarctica’s entire food web, scientists ...

Chile, Argentina, the U.K., Norway, Australia, New Zealand and France—maintain territorial claims on the continent.

Two major countries are teaming up to block new ... areas and the renewal of existing limits on krill fishing near the Antarctic Peninsula. Currently, fishing in this area is capped at 620,000 ...

Although near the centre of Antarctica, the sea level may at first decrease because of a weaker gravity ... thus stressing the necessity of the sustainable use of resources in the modern world. Other ...

The total number of people killed in extreme weather events intensified by climate change in 2024 is likely in the tens or ...

Satellite imagery shows the Rhode Island-sized iceberg known as A23a spinning in place near Antarctica throughout the month of October. Currently located north of the South Orkney Islands of ...

(241229) -- QINLING STATION, Dec. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, is pictured near China's Qinling Station in Antarctica on Dec. 27, 2024. Chinese ...

Two major countries are teaming up to block new environmental protections in one of ... The proposals included four new marine protected areas and the renewal of existing limits on krill fishing near ...

13 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of a research vessel positioned near a tall, sheer-faced ice shelf and makes a series of claims about Antarctica. Its caption reads ...

For some intrepid travelers to Antarctica, crossing the infamous Drake Passage — a 600-mile stretch of open sea between the tip of South America and the northern Antarctic Peninsula that’s ...

For years, glaciologist Sridhar Anandakrishnan has been studying the massive Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, often referred ...