Heard and McDonald Islands, 4,000 km southwest of Australia, are gaining attention as a hot, new destination. This ...

Uruguayan scientists have participated in Antarctic cruises in BAS vessels ... micro and macro biological cycles (plankton, lichens and moss), water and sea floor samples, some of which are ...

Antarctic moss to observe cosmic radiation and microgravity on plants, a device to test cold welding of metals in microgravity, and an investigation that studies how space impacts different materials.

Despite having no apparent exports or imports, the sub-Antarctic islands ... such as fertilizer and peat moss. “I’ve kind of pointed out the things that I’m hoping” will be excluded ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago that broke off of an Antarctic ice shelf has revealed a thriving ecosystem beneath it, according to researchers. On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from ...

President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on Antarctic territories including Heard and McDonald Islands, despite their uninhabited status. Australia, which manages these islands for ...

Antarctic ice sheet background About 90% of the ice on Earth is located in Antarctica; if all this ice were to melt, the global sea level would rise by more than 50 meters. In addition, the ice ...

The discovery offers new insights into how ecosystems function beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice sheet. Scientists still do not have a precise idea how these ecosystems, covered by ...