It was only a matter of time before human-caused climate change and pollution reached even the most isolated continent on the planet. As global temperature rises, Antarctica's pristine landscape is ...

Ukrainian scientists discovered Marchantia berteroana, a plant which has never been seen there before, near the Vernadsky Research Base. This could be another sign that West Antarctica is warming, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two young emperor penguin chicks in Antarctica. Over 90% of emperor penguin colonies will be quasi-extinct by the end of the ...

Antarctica is warming at a rate so rapid that the frozen region’s green vegetation has grown tenfold in the past four decades, according to a concerning new report in the journal “Nature Geoscience.” ...

When satellites first started peering down on the craggy, glaciated Antarctic Peninsula about 40 years ago, they saw only a few tiny patches of vegetation covering a total of about 8,000 square ...

Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four decades, new research shows. Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than ...

The first continent-wide mapping study of plant life across Antarctica reveals growth in previously uncharted areas and is set to inform conservation measures across the region. The satellite survey ...

Melting ice is an emblem of climate change. For sea ice, the Arctic has been grabbing most of the headlines for its truly ...

While scientists globally have been tracking the impact of introduced, non-indigenous species into environments—this collaborative research between La Trobe University, the Arthur Rylah Institute and ...

A Sept. 21 Instagram post (direct l i nk, archive link) shows flowering plants growing on land with icebergs floating on water in the background. "Flowers are now staring (sic) to bloom in Antarctica ...