Millions of years ago – where the perpetual ice of Antarctica and the dry dust of the Atacama Desert today stretch – lush forests flourished, full of araucaria trees, giant ferns, and vegetation that ...

Antarctica's harsh desert valleys -- long considered a bellwether for global climate change -- have grown noticeably cooler since the mid-1980s, scientists report, even while the Earth as a whole is ...

Antarctica is still wild, quite restricted, and continues to be a place that very few have seen, which is the perfect recipe ...

The Antarctic Polar Desert, covering most of Antarctica, is the largest desert in the world.

For most people, the word “desert” summons images of sand dunes, cacti and snakes. In television and movies, characters typically become sweaty, starved and parched when they’re stuck in the desert.

Antarctica is a notoriously icy place, and yet its clouds, new research reveals, are surprisingly lacking in the stuff. Tiny ...

You might remember learning about landforms in science class. From beaches to mountains and archipelagos to dunes, the Earth's surface has many unique environments and terrains. Among these landscapes ...

Colgate University’s Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NASC) held the final iteration of its NASC Colloquium ...

Antarctica is not the ideal place to be due to its extreme temperature and harsh surroundings. However, it is among the top locations in the world for meteorite hunting. This is partially due to ...

Technical officers look after our meteorological monitoring equipment and make sure it's in good working order. They also take weather observations (readings). The data collected is used in weather ...

This special arrival is one of several reasons to be cheerful for Hi Fly as far as its Antarctica operations are concerned.