And because it extends into space, the geomagnetic field also protects orbiting spacecraft, including most satellites and the ...

October 2025 was the third-warmest globally on record, according to data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S ...

High above the frozen wilderness of Antarctica, a NASA balloon has picked up signals that challenge our understanding of the ...

Unusual radio signals from beneath Antarctica’s ice continue to defy explanation. Several years ago, scientists using a ...

The Southern Ocean absorbs nearly half of all ocean-stored human CO2, but its future role is uncertain. Despite models predicting a decline, researchers found that freshening surface waters are ...

Many of the world's top climate scientists are sounding the alarm over a number of rapid changes currently impacting Antarctica and its vulnerable ecosystems. As global temperatures have steadily ...

As recently as the 1990s, when the Greenland Ice Sheet and the rest of the Arctic region were measurably thawing under the climatic blowtorch of human-caused global warming, most of Antarctica’s vast ...

The planet's warming climate is having effects in Antarctica that increasingly resemble those observed in the Arctic, meaning global sea levels could rise faster than previously predicted, Danish ...

In 2018, Colin O’Brady became the first person in history to cross the landmass of Antarctica—solo, unsupported and completely human-powered. O’Brady is now set to undertake another nearly 2,000-mile ...

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean ...

Endurance athlete Colin O'Brady, celebrated internationally in 2018 as the first person to traverse Antarctica solo and unassisted, is returning to the unforgiving continent for an even more arduous ...

Recent reports from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirm that the ozone layer is on track for a full recovery, a development scientists have been tracking closely for decades. Studies, ...