A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements ...

Somewhere between Google Earth glitches and ancient prophecy, a new kind of internet mystery has taken hold. It doesn’t come ...

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.

When we think about Antarctica, snow and ice immediately come to mind. However, a team of international scientists is challenging our perceptions of the continent by unveiling a highly detailed map ...

Scientists have completed the most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica. This is the third version of this map, and is known as Bedmap3.It has incorporated data from ships ...

Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map of Antarctica without ice, revealing its hidden mountains, canyons, and geological features. The new Bedmap3 dataset helps researchers understand ice ...

The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission is one step closer to launch. On January 28, the mobile service tower (top) rolled back to reveal the Delta II rocket (second image). Liftoff of the ...

To study the rapidly changing ecosystems of Antarctica, researchers have recently created the first continent-wide map of its plant life. You might expect the color palette of Antarctica to be ...

In the barren cold deserts of ice-free Antarctica only lichen, mosses and algae survive – for now. First map of vegetation across Antarctica reveals a battle for the continent’s changing landscape ...