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sea ice

Environment

Antarctic sea ice is declining dramatically and we don’t know why

Satellite data shows that between 2014 and 2017 sea ice extent in the southern hemisphere suffered unprecedented annual decreases, outpacing Arctic losses

News

From the archives: Floating charge curtains to heal the ozone layer

Technology

From the archives: Floating charge curtains to heal the ozone layer

Regulars

Penguins in Antarctica

Life

Penguin and seal dung nourishes organisms that are kilometres away

News

Alps

Environment

Earth's past and future ice

News

Beyond EPICA project photo

Environment

Antarctica team to search world's oldest ice for climate change clues

News

telescope

Physics

The race to see the start of time in the first light of the universe

Features

We've dug up tiny animals from beneath a frozen Antarctic lake

Life

We've dug up tiny animals from beneath a frozen Antarctic lake

News

Japanese whalers hauling a minke whale to the ship in the Southern Ocean

Comment

Japan’s plan to resume commercial whaling could actually help whales

Comment

midges

Environment

A swarming asexual midge is island hopping towards Antarctica

News

cartoon penguins

Life

The mummified penguins that hold the secrets of Antarctica's past

Antarctica’s Adélie penguins nest on the well-preserved remains of their ancestors. All it takes is a trowel and a strong stomach to dig into their climate history

Features

Environment

Searching for Antarctica’s penguins, lost meteorites, and oldest ice

News

Environment

Antibiotic resistance genes are showing up in Antarctic penguins

News

Video

Tim Peake: To the ends of the Earth and beyond

Video

Life

Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard

News