They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements ...

Antarctica is in the grip of some of the world's fastest climate change. Its melting ice could contribute up to 5 meters of sea-level rise . Where the ice disappears, it leaves barren ground behind.

To study the rapidly changing ecosystems of Antarctica, researchers have recently created the first continent-wide map of its plant life. You might expect the color palette of Antarctica to be ...

More unsettling news from the bottom of the world. Scientists have uncovered evidence of "vigorous melting" at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, (aka the "Doomsday Glacier") according to a new ...

An icy new map of Antarctica could help ... But it won’t arrive until 2031 and that’s only one icy world that could be ... Removing the 27 million cubic km of ice that covers Antarctica, ...

Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map of Antarctica without ice, revealing its hidden mountains, canyons, and geological features. The new Bedmap3 dataset helps researchers understand ice ...

As the name of the map implies, this is the third effort to illustrate Antarctica’s rock bed. The project began in 2001, but the researchers involved say the new map represents a dramatic ...

NASA image of A23a on November 28, 2023, (main) and stock map of Antarctica (inset). Currently the largest iceberg in the world, A23a is on the move again after being trapped in an ocean current ...

Chrissie: Well Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the world, so maybe he sheltered near those big mountains that run down the middle. Let’s visit that one, Vinson Massif!

Antarctica is in the grip of some of the world's fastest climate change. Its melting ice could contribute up to 5 meters of sea-level rise . Where the ice disappears, it leaves barren ground behind.