Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on ...

One of the most striking images in David Attenborough’s Ocean, his defining 2025 documentary, is of supertrawlers dragging ...

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As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that helped release long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Deep-sea ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...

Antarctic sea ice is shrinking faster than expected. New research shows how winds, ocean heat, and feedback loops caused this ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Driven in part by fears that the frozen landscapes of Antarctica may be irreversibly melting away because of ...

The hantavirus outbreak aboard a Dutch ship on a polar cruise has brought attention to the growing tourism trend that's ...

Pregnancy rates among humpback whales in Antarctica have been falling sharply -possibly to a lack of krill, their main prey. Chinstrap penguins and fur seals face similar stresses. Credit: Gary ...

The gray whale, which some locals affectionately named Willapa Willy, was found on Saturday afternoon after first being spotted swimming up the Willapa River last week. By Livia Albeck-Ripka The young ...