The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

UK Antarctic Heritage Trust fills vacancy at world’s most southerly post office, as well as recruiting team to monitor wildlife and carry out building repairs

Each member will be allowed to take just one small box of home comforts

Temperature fluctuations above Antarctica in winter show the earliest warming of the stratosphere on record.

Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023. We saw it on sensors everywhere, from the Arctic to Antarctica.

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century, whalers killed roughly 2 million large whales in the Southern Ocean. Some populations, like the Antarctic blue whale, were reduced…

Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?

At this time of year, as the sun rises over Antarctica, a “hole” opens up in Earth’s ozone layer.

New data reveals the virus has spread to endangered species in Antarctica – yet the H5N1’s risk to biodiversity, farming and human health is little explored

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier got its nickname the “Doomsday Glacier” for its potential to flood coastlines around the world if it collapsed.