Antarctica

The aurora is a natural light predominantly seen in the high-latitude regions around the Arctic and Antarctic. It is caused by disturbances in the magnetosphere by the solar wind, which is a stream of charged particles escaping the Sun.

Until 2014, Antarctic sea ice levels were actually increasing- but since then according to satellite data, there's been a 'precipitous' nosedive in ice levels. Scientists are now trying to find out why, and what it might mean.

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The team will head to Antarctica hoping to extract a 1.5 million-year-old ice core.

After seven full length marathons in seven continents over seven days, British runner Susannah Gill has taken home first place in the gruelling World Marathon Challenge.

As debates over policy and science continue, the climate is heating up. A new study just released by NASA and NOAA has identified that the last five years have been the five hottest years on record, with 2018 coming in fourth. It's a stark picture of a world warming at an alarming rate.

For the first time, scientists in West Antarctica have drilled 2km through the ice sheet to the sediment below. The experiment, which uses hot water, is aimed at finding out how the region might respond to a warming climate.

Scientists at a research station in Antarctica recorded "eerie" sounds of space using a receiver which lies beneath the Earth's geomagnetic field lines

Set amongst stunning arctic scenery, the inspiring view added to the grandeur of this unique event which is acknowledged as one of the most extreme races on the planet.

For the first time, a deep-sea swimming sea cucumber, Enypniastes eximia, nicknamed the 'headless chicken monster', has been filmed in the Southern Ocean off East Antarctica.

From lava spewing across Hawaii to icy dips in Antarctica. Here's what happened around the world this week.

David Harbour, who plays police chief Jim Hopper on Netflix series Stranger Things danced with the penguins in Antarctica on Valentine's Day to raise awareness into the environmental challenges facing this part of the world

Dutch professor alerts of a new crack that could create a massive iceberg at the Antarctic glacier, whose front has been retracting since 2000.

The Antarctic continent, like the North Pole, is one of the regions in the world most affected by global warming.

Only two chicks have survived out of 18,000 breeding pairs of Penguins in the eastern Antarctic

Two polar researchers became the first couple ever to marry in the British Antarctic Territory on Saturday, July 15.