Antarctica

Network of marine protected areas ‘could help safeguard Antarctic penguins’ (Heather Lynch/Stony Brook University/PA)

Network of marine protected areas ‘could help safeguard Antarctic penguins’

January 20, 2021

Mollie Hughes has been passing on tips to cope with isolation (Mike Wilkinson/Beeline PR/PA)

Antarctic trek record-breaker offers isolation tips to help cope with lockdown

January 10, 2021

The James Caird, used by the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton to escape Antarctica (Ian Holdcroft/PA)

Shackleton-inspired store to open in London despite Covid pandemic

November 29, 2020

Climate change threatens to melt much of Antartica’s ice (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Antarctica would become ice-free if temperatures rise by 10C, study warns

September 23, 2020

Agulhas II, the ship from which the autonomous underwater vehicles were deployed to map the seafloor (Julian Dowdeswell/University of Cambridge)

Wave-like seafloor ridges reveal rapid retreat of Antarctic ice 12,000 years ago

May 28, 2020

Matt Davey has taken samples of snow algae at Lagoon Island in Antarctica (Sarah Vincent)

Global warming is turning parts of Antarctica green, scientists say

May 20, 2020

Ice melt in Antarctica (University of Washington/PA)

Satellite data show extent of Antarctic and Greenland melt adding to sea levels

April 30, 2020

An artist’s impression of what the Antarctic rainforest would have looked like 90 million years ago (James McKay/Alfred Wegener Institute)

Swampy rainforests were growing in warm Antarctica 90 million years ago – study

April 1, 2020

Dr Rebecca Wade.

Dundee scientist to take part in ‘life-changing’ voyage to Antarctica after being selected for prestigious scheme

August 23, 2019

LeConte Glacier was studied by the researchers (Dave Sutherland, University of Oregan/PA)

Glaciers melting below water line ‘faster than feared’

July 25, 2019

An iceberg in Antarctica as new research discovers when the current that swirls round the continent first began (C.Gilbert/PA)

Scottish scientists discover when Antarctic current first began

June 26, 2019

Embargoed to 0600 Monday March 13 Undated handout photo issued by the University of Southampton of the Autosub Long Range submersible named ÒBoaty McBoatfaceÓ which is to join scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to study some of the deepest and coldest ocean waters on Earth.

Boaty McBoatface makes significant discovery on debut research mission

June 18, 2019

The findings will heighten fears that melting ice could lead to rising sea levels worldwide (PA)

Nasa detects new signs glaciers in East Antarctica are melting

December 11, 2018

(Cyprien Verseux and Carmen Possnig/PNRA/IPEV/ESA)

This is what happens if you eat spaghetti al fresco in Antarctica

October 3, 2018

Research during a Greenpeace expedition revealed an abundance of life on the seabed (Greenpeace/PA)

Nature-rich ‘wonderlands’ in Antarctic waters given protection

July 19, 2018

An expedition by Greenpeace to Antarctica found microplastics and persistent chemicals in seawater and ice (Christian Aslund/Greenpeace/PA)

Research finds microplastics and chemicals in ‘remote’ Antarctic

June 7, 2018

Artist Calum Colvin with his portrait of Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Satuday 26th May

Portrait of Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Scott unveiled at Discovery Point

May 29, 2018

Huge Antarctic glacier to be studied by UK-US research team

April 30, 2018

Antarctic ice area ‘the size of London’ lost in six years

April 2, 2018

These emperor penguins accidentally took a video selfie and it’s the coolest thing you’ll see today

March 8, 2018