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Despite its vast expanse of sand, the Sahara is not the largest desert on the planet, that distinction goes to someplace with ...

He speculates the fungi lived off penguin guano, moss, lichen and material in the soil until the explorers arrived and provided a veritable feast—the first wood Antarctica had seen in eons.

However, if you fancy a ‘cooler’ activity, why not try to learn about the ‘hidden’ histories of the poles? The Scott Polar Research Institute, established in 1920 as part of the University of ...

Can Mars become a second Earth? Explore the science, challenges, and future of terraforming Mars for human colonization.

The Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) has shown signs of record-breaking growth after decades of contributing to global sea-level rise — as experts reveal their theories why. A study published in ...

Armed with palm-sized triplet magnifying glasses, these people were on a lichen walk, examining local specimens as part of the University of Minnesota Department of Art’s first-ever Lichen Symposium.

Antarctica is famous for its frigid temperatures, desolate landscape, penguins, and the predators who eat them. That’s what it looks like from the surface, but there are hidden organisms and ...

In June, Australia and 57 other countries will come together in Milan, Italy for the 47th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. This annual meeting of the Antarctic Treaty parties will occur at a ...

Punta Arenas, Chile, Apr 30 (EFE).- With nearly 125,000 visitors per season, more than double the number five years ago, tourism in Antarctica continued to grow during the last Austral summer ...

For years, Antarctica’s ice loss contributed significantly to sea level rise. Between 2002 and 2010, the continent’s ice sheet lost an average of 73.79 gigatonnes per year, a rate that almost ...

Scientists have made a shocking discovery in Antarctica that has climate change deniers claiming there's now proof global warming is just a hoax. Researchers from Tongji University in Shanghai ...