Constructing the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) 4,500-square metre science and operations facility was always going to be ...

A consignment of ancient ice from Antarctica, extracted as part of the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, arrived at the ...

An ice core that may be older than 1.5 million years has arrived in the UK where scientists will melt it to unlock vital ...

The ice was extracted from the deep ocean in East Antarctica earlier this year and is thought to be around 1.2 million years ...

Russia has discovered the largest crude oil reserve in the history of the world. But can it extract it, or are there issues?

‘We are hoping to unlock all these amazing secrets.’ The new core ice, which was drilled near the Concordia research station in the ‘White Continent,’ beats the previous 800,000-year-old ice, which ...

The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by ...

Explore the coldest places on Earth, where nature's frostbitten extremes offer a fascinating glimpse into the planet's most ...

You’ll never forget one of the world’s greatest wildlife encounters – but nobody tells you penguins have stinky feet, not happy feet.

Unassuming, icicle-like tubes could help answer mysteries about Earth’s climate. They are the world’s oldest ice cores, which ...

Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first ...

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