A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of field-based ecological knowledge. The new opinion article, "Is Antarctica Greening?" ...

Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary biodiversity and contribute to global diversity and environmental stability. These ...

Warming temperatures due to climate change have had more impacts on Antarctica than just melting glaciers. Scientists analyzing satellite data have discovered significant greening on the Antarctic ...

Picture sea ice in your mind. You probably imagine brilliant white, snow-covered floes floating on the surface of the ocean, home to penguins in the south of the globe or polar bears in the north. But ...

Some parts of the normally icy continent of Antarctica are turning green with plant life at abnormally rapid rates due to warming temperatures. The change can be seen in a new map created by NASA's ...