The study finds that Heard Island, a sub-Antarctic territory located 4,100 km southwest of Perth in Western Australia, has lost around 64 square km, or 23 percent, of its glacier coverage since 1947, ...

Almost a quarter of the glaciers in one of the world's last pristine ecosystems have melted from climate change, according to ...

After Earth’s greatest extinction, it wasn’t just volcanic fury that kept the planet hot; it was the death of tropical ...

Polar Journal AG’s website is a comprehensive platform dedicated to providing information and news about the polar regions, ...

North America and parts of China and Africa among regions set to be hit hardest by extreme wind droughts, find researchers ...

Scientists have made a worrying discovery on a remote Australian island located 4,100 kilometres southwest of Perth. In just ...

QUT researchers have developed an advanced remote sensing method for accurately detecting and mapping Antarctica's delicate ...

Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move ...

A tiny particle of dust, lifted from a faraway desert, can travel thousands of miles on the wind. You would never see it. You would never feel it. Yet, new research shows this invisible traveler has a ...

Lanternfish collapse during low oxygen periods. Their loss threatens food chains and carbon storage worldwide.

A new study shows microbes in Arctic lakes are driving methane emissions - fueling a dangerous feedback loop as the region ...