Tauranga-based Antarctic inland water expert Dr Ian Hawes has played a key role in a landmark clean-up of a former New ...

The flooded station site in 2023 was a shallow submerged reef surrounded by an open water moat. The station was located on ...

Members of China's 41st Antarctic expedition team unload supplies in Antarctica, Dec. 9, 2024. Currently on China's 41st ...

This shift was enough to increase aerosol particle concentrations by 10,000 times and form fog associated with visible clouds ...

MOSCOW. May 23 (Interfax) - Microbiologists from the Institute of Experimental Medicine and the Northwestern State Medical University are looking for new antibacterial agents in Antarctica, Russian ...

Antarctica’s driest soils reveal thriving microbial life, ancient DNA, and complex ecosystems—reshaping what we know about ...

Penguin poop provides ammonia for cloud formation in coastal Antarctica, potentially helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the region.

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly rich microbial diversity thriving in some of the harshest soils on Earth — those of ...

According to the team, the data suggests that penguin poop may be helping reduce some of climate change’s effects on an ...

Ammonia released from Antarctic colonies helps form clouds that deflect sunlight and lower temperatures, study finds ...

James  Witlow  Delano travels to Union Glacier to join scientists revealing how subtle shifts in ice and bedrock, are ...

He speculates the fungi lived off penguin guano, moss, lichen and material in the soil until the explorers arrived and provided a veritable feast—the first wood Antarctica had seen in eons.