Chinese researchers have braved the cold and harsh environment of Antarctica in order to get a unique view of star formation ...

People, things, and places are named for many different reasons, but how did the Arctic and the Antarctic get their names?

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While US designs on Greenland are entirely deliberate, withdrawal of influence in Antarctica appears to be accidental. Could ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human ...

A significant portion of the U.S. is experiencing below-average temperatures due to a disrupted polar vortex, affecting over ...

In order to understand the massive changes afoot in the warming polar regions, oceanographer Allison Fong is hunting for the ...

Picture this: a place so remote that fewer people have stood on its shores than have climbed Mount Everest. Yet, in 2026, ...

In a new study, researchers explained that less is known about the topography beneath the ice of Antarctica than any other ...

From global volcanic events to past El Niño circulations to the presence of microbial life, scientists at NCPOR have been ...

China's polar research icebreaker Xuelong, also known as Snow Dragon, currently on the country's 42nd Antarctic scientific ...

A massive iceberg has triggered a catastrophic die-off of Emperor Penguin chicks in Antarctica, blocking thousands of parents ...