All these plants need is that bit of moss or lichen to hold on to, so they are not blown away into the cold desert ... the ...

But with global heating and climate change wreaking havoc on the ice caps of Antarctica, researchers are looking to a new map of the south polar region to better map global warming changes and ...

Chrissie: Well, Antarctica is way down in the middle of the Southern Ocean, so we’ll need a map that’s looking ... Antarctica is a desert - but it's not hot, it's really, really cold.

Those long decades of work have gradually given rise to a new virtual map of the Antarctic continent, the most detailed look below the ice we've ever had. The product of a new study led by ...

This Review is timely, given the recent application of new molecular-based research to the Antarctic and the culmination of the International Polar Year (Box 2). The harsh polar desert environment ...