As global temperatures rise, the ecology of Antarctica is already changing, but Earth's climate would have to change drastically before the continent could support agriculture and permanent settlers.

In the Middle Ages, the Black Death burst onto the scene, with the first historically documented outbreak occurring in 1346 ...

The plague killed between a third and half of the European population in the mid-14th Century. But it's unknown what ...

A new deep-ice scan has revealed something beneath Antarctica that scientists never expected to confront. The structure is ...

With Trump’s budget knife still poised over NOAA’s climate research operations, international researchers see a reduced role ...

In a statement, the IMD said strong upper-level winds pushed the ash from Ethiopia across the Red Sea into Yemen and Oman, and then carried it over the Arabian Sea toward western and northern India.

Researchers bundled in down jackets toiled around the clock in these snowy tunnels as a massive drill rig churned downward to extract core samples and the secrets they contain from the deepest ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the Antarctic tundra to the lava fields of active volcanoes. Inspired by moss's ...

Antarctica is one of them. It’s where adventure meets awe, and where APT Luxury Travel takes travellers far beyond the map’s ...

Learn about the icy eruptions that may be occurring on Comet 3I/ATLAS, giving it a carbon-rich coat of gas and dust.

The Trump administration and Congress, seeking to improve security, have approved funding for eight icebreakers and are ...