Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. Researchers have now made the southernmost discovery of amber in the world.

Until recently, a gap existed in the world map of amber discoveries: the Antarctic continent. But that gap has finally been ...

The introductory wall label in the exhibition in Hobart cites Edmund Halley as the first man to sketch tabular icebergs inthe ...

Alfred Wegener Institute and TU Bergakademie FreibergRoughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were ...

Three of the five groups (Hadley, Berkeley and Copernicus/ECMWF) are very likely to show annual temperatures exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial levels (defined here as the 1850-1900 period), while ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

We are sailing under a blanket of heavy fog somewhere between Canada and the southern reaches of Greenland in the Labrador ...

An important part of the Shackleton Autumn School is the variety of events on the afternoon of Sunday 10 November, which will ...

Forecast (prognostic) maps are also available ... Nearer the pole, a series of deep subpolar lows is usually centred between latitudes 50-60 degrees South. A high pressure area over Antarctica-- ...

Geopolitical ambitions threaten Antarctica's peace, driving resource interest and testing the 1961 Antarctic Treaty.

The Moscow Antarctic Youth Expedition will be backed by the Moscow Department of Education and Science and the Moscow ...