The world has lost 5% of its ice volume over the past 20 years, with an annual melt of 273 billion tons, according to a recent study by the United Nations (UN) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Regions like Europe (39%...
Southwest of South Georgia and stretching further than the eye can see, Iceberg A23a is 40 miles wide and a total of 3,100 Sq Km, making it larger than Greater London.
Scientists on an Australian Antarctic Program voyage to the Denman Glacier region in East Antarctica are using environmental DNA to understand biodiversity, without the need to disturb marine creatures.
The waters surrounding South Georgia, nestled beneath glaciated mountains, are among the most biologically rich in the Southern Ocean. In February, a team of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and international...
Researchers found unimagined forms of life under the A-84 iceberg nearly 30 kilometers long and 510 square kilometers in area, which broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica earlier this year, exposing a previously hidden...
Alleged assault at polar base shows the importance of research on cabin fever – including on future Mars missions South Africa has a tight regime for scientists wanting to “overwinter” in Antarctica. The 13-month assignment to an...
The Denman Marine Voyage is now at the Shackleton Ice Shelf and science teams are hard at work deploying CTDs, trace metal rosettes and other equipment. A live stream from a towed camera, filming the sea floor 600m down, transfixed those...
Ministers also investigating sexual harassment claim at country’s isolated Sanae IV research station Psychologists are in “constant” contact with a South African science team isolated for months at a base in Antarctica after physical...
A researcher at a South African base in Antarctica has been accused of physical assault and sexual harassment. South Africa said it had no immediate plans to remove the accused or any colleagues.
My friend Ian Bullock, who has died of melanoma aged 73, was an all-round naturalist, traveller, communicator and artist. He worked in the wildlife conservation sector and latterly became a popular naturalist guide with small ecotourism...
South African minister ‘considering options’ after plea for help from member of team on remote base A member of a South African research team on a remote Antarctic base has accused a colleague of physical assault and making a death...
The British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI continue to support the British Antarctic Survey following a reconnaissance mission over the Union Glacier, Antarctica.
Celebrating the 3rd anniversary of finding Endurance, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust has released for the first time an animated film of the full route of the Endurance22 team from the start of their search in Cape Town to finding...
As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collected Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast As I write, Australia’s...
Come along to ‘Antarctic Adventure – Explore the Frozen Frontier’ – a talk aimed at anyone over 7 years old by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) polar scientist Kate Hendry and marine biologist Dr. Helen Scales.
The world's largest iceberg, A23a, has grounded 73 kilometers off South Georgia Island, alleviating concerns about a potential collision that could have disrupted the local wildlife's food supply. The iceberg, weighing nearly one billion...
Melting Antarctic ice is releasing cold, fresh water into the ocean, which is projected to cause the slowdown Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In a high emissions future, the world’s strongest ocean current...
A draft comprehensive environmental evaluation (CEE) for the proposed construction and operation of a new Chinese research station in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, is open for public comment.
Spanish scientists led by Professor Jesús Ruiz Fernández of the University of Oviedo have found traces of human waste, including plastic bottles, drums, flip-flops, and other objects, on Antarctica's Byers Peninsula, one of the...
The Denman Marine Voyage includes 60 scientists from a range of disciplines and universities to study one of East Antarctica's fastest melting glaciers from the sea.
The Australian Antarctic Science Council has released its priority plan for the next ten years of Antarctic science, with climate change, sea level rise and biodiversity at the centre of Australia’s science and research ambitions.
The National Science Foundation has fired workers at the office that manages polar research, raising fears about a reduced U.S. presence in two strategic regions.
Completing their longest and most challenging leg, the Indian Naval Sailing Vessel, INSV, Tarini arrived safely in Stanley, Falkland Islands after travelling 10,400km from New Zealand.
Scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in ice-free Antarctica. More than 35,000 records will underpin future regional and global studies of ecology, diversity and change.
Environmental campaigner and first director of Greenpeace UK who was responsible for the 50-year moratorium on mining in Antarctica Whether it was driving a doubledecker bus with a hole cut in the top to let climbers scale Big Ben...
The whale was seen following the boat as it approached Bundeena wharf on Monday, a sighting the ferry company manager, Christine Hack, called 'very rare'. Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist at Macquarie University, said she and...
Gigantic wall of ice moves slowly from Antarctica on potential collision course with wildlife breeding ground The world’s largest iceberg – a behemoth more than twice the size of London – is drifting toward a remote island where...
Antarctic krill migrating between the Southern Ocean’s surface and seafloor depths, make a “surprisingly small” contribution to the carbon export ‘highway’ compared to their fast-sinking faeces, according to new research published in...
As the captain of a royal research ship, I break ice to get to British stations in the Antarctic. It’s great fun - but getting stuck is always a risk I have been working for the British Antarctic Survey since I was 19. I started...
Drilling has begun in Australia’s quest for the oldest, continuous ice core record of Earth’s climate, dating back more than one million years. Australian Antarctic Program scientists are on location at ‘Dome C North’, which ice-flow...
Bubbles of air trapped in ancient Antarctic ice, dating up to 2m years old, contain unknown information about Earth’s past climate Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Traversing the world’s most unforgiving...
At thousands of kilometres long and hundreds of metres deep, Antarctic ice shelves are massive. Yet scientists say it is the small-scale physical processes that occur at the boundary between the ice and ocean that determine their fate,...
Gabriel Boric’s trip to the pole, which his office called the first by a Latin American president, comes amid rising competition for influence in Antarctica.
Gabriel Boric is first Latin American leader to reach planet’s southernmost point, according to his office Chile’s president Gabriel Boric has made a historic trip to the south pole to reaffirm his country’s “claim to sovereignty” over...
Particles recorded by scientists at the Chilean research station, the Profesor Julio Escudero Base, as recently as Sunday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Smoke from bushfires in south-eastern Australia has...
Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived but they were once hunted to the brink of extinction. The international community only agreed to stop hunting them in 1965 when they numbered fewer than 200. Now scientists are using...
From the Flask glacier to King George Island, intrepid researchers expect good cheer, snow and penguins Many of us will not get a white Christmas this year, but a group of scientists are guaranteed one while carrying out research on the...
Gus gained 3.5kg during his 20-day stopover before being released back into the Southern Ocean on Wednesday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Gus, an emperor penguin who gained international fame after...
Geneviève Pons and Pascal Lamy say the UK has a unique opportunity to steer the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources towards a better outcome Your report ( ‘Very bad precedent’: China and Russia team up to...
Conservationists warn actions and ambitions of two super powers could lead to overexploitation of vital food source for whales, penguins and seals Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free...
Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived but they were once hunted to the brink of extinction. The international community only agreed to stop hunting them in 1965 when they numbered fewer than 200. Now scientists are using...
Shackleton’s remarkable 1914 mission gets a stirring retelling by the directors of Free Solo as a fine cast of experts search for the remains of his ship The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s doomed 1914 attempt to cross Antarctica has...