WASHINGTON, D.C. — A team of international researchers has discovered a previously uncharted island in Antarctica, a finding that is now prompting updates to global navigation maps and raising new ...

A German research vessel seeking shelter from rough weather has discovered a previously unknown island in a remote and poorly ...

Well, isle be damned. Explorers made the discovery of a lifetime after stumbling across an uncharted, Egyptian pyramid-sized ...

Polar scientists thought it was a dirty iceberg at first.

EXPLORERS have accidentally discovered a new island in Antarctica after seeking shelter from a storm on its shores, and it’s ...

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

New simulations show that the world's strongest ocean current didn't start flowing overnight – several major factors needed ...

A 93-strong international expedition team has been exploring the northwestern Weddell Sea in the Antarctic on board the ...

Ever since the continents were all mapped, people had noticed that many coastlines, like those of South America and Africa, looked as though they would fit together if they could be moved like puzzle ...

The alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ten times as many microplastic particles as the surrounding seawater. This concentration at the base of the food web poses a ...

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