The glacier's collapse could severely impact coastal cities worldwide due to rising sea levels. Scientists have recently ...

Australia has the third largest ocean territory on the planet, measuring 13.8 million square kilometers, including the ...

A strategic advantage in Antarctica could give China a critical advantage in space—as well as the opportunity to exploit the continent’s vast untapped natural resources.

As fears over escalating Russian aggression continue to simmer across Europe, a newly circulated geopolitical safety map has ...

The scientists at EU’s Copernicus monitoring service hails a ‘reassuring sign’ of progress observed this year in the hole’s ...

Antarctica’s most feared ice giant is no longer just slipping quietly into the sea. For the first time, scientists are ...

Key points Since commissioning in 2014, CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator has mapped more of Australia's vast seabed ...

Just days into summer, Tasmania is battling bushfires and their presence can be linked back to a rare spike in temperatures ...

A new satellite called Sentinel 5A has started sending back its first images, capturing fresh views of Earth's ozone hole.

When the most massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they blow up in spectacular supernova explosions, which seed the ...

On Dec. 12, 1988, three trains collided in London, killing 35 people, Britain's worst railway accident in 21 years.

The Snow Cruiser was a massive, ill-fated exploration vehicle sent to the South Pole in 1939. Designed to traverse 5,000 miles of icy landscape while housing and supporting a crew of five, the ...