The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest, but it's shrinking. Around 17% of the Amazon has been destroyed, due in large part to deforestation, per Time Magazine. If this rate of deforestation ...

Challenges for the Antarctic Treaty China's involvement in Antarctica is by no means new. The country set up its first research station in 1985, just two years after joining the Antarctic Treaty ...

Dr Sarah Thompson, a glaciologist with the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, said Denman Glacier was of interest because it contained so much water. “The Denman Glacier is one of the ...

Emmerson said Australian Antarctic Division workers on the nation’s four Antarctic and sub-Antarctic bases have ramped up biosecurity precautions to ensure they don’t spread any potential ...

Recently, Russian scientists claimed that the universe’s largest oil and gas reserves were discovered in the British Antarctic Territory. This discovery has significantly impacted geopolitics, the ...

The blood of the Antarctic icefish, for instance, contains a rich concentration of AFPs, allowing them to swim in sub-zero waters without freezing. These proteins bind to tiny ice crystals, preventing ...

They include standard rooms, suites, and family rooms with bunk beds that offer views of the rainforest, garden, and the Upper Seletar Reservoir. To top it off, 24 treehouses, each with a private ...

Ben Galton-Fenzi is employed by the Australian Antarctic DIvision. Bishakhdatta Gayen is employed by the University of Melbourne. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

Cat Burford, pictured at the South Pole, said her 700-mile challenge across Antarctica had been "really brutal" A dentist from Truro is celebrating reaching the South Pole unaided to realise a ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...

PONANT unveils its much-anticipated 2026-2027 Antarctic season with an up to 30 percent PONANT Bonus in savings on all departures. As the sister-ships, Le Boréal, Le Lyrial, Le Soléal ...