Antarctic tourism has boomed in recent years with the remote continent attracting record numbers of tourists. In 2024, an astonishing 122,000 people made the trip to Antarctica - a massive ...

Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As ...

Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's ...

Wildfires scorched California, blizzards tore through Texas and now rare heaps of snow have fallen on the Gulf Coast. How much snow, you ask? More than has fallen all winter in Anchorage ...

But, for many, it’s an easy thing to forget. After all, Antarctica is mostly ice and snow, right? Exactly. It is all ice and snow, which means you are essentially walking atop a mirror that ...

Human presence in this fragile ecosystem comes with a myriad of different risks. Black snow and carbon emissions: What impact is tourism having on the Antarctic? Conservationists say the increase in ...

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

While I respect those who consider each trip a blank slate, Antarctica is a place you don’t want to visit with an empty head. Because it’s covered with ice, snow, and fog, appreciating the ...

A winter storm will drop snow from Houston, Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana as an arctic air mass extends a historically cold January. Snow, sleet and freezing rain are set to fall across parts of ...