A US woman was killed, while four others were injured after a gigantic rogue wave hit a cruise ship that was sailing towards Antarctica. According to reports, the 62-year-old woman was killed by broken glass when the wave smashed cabin windows of the ‘Viking Polaris’ cruise ship during a storm late Tuesday.

US woman killed after ‘rogue wave’ hits cruise ship sailing towards Antarctica

Scientists have found microplastics in freshly fallen Antarctica snow for the first time, which they said has the potential to influence the climate by accelerating melting of ice.

WION Climate Tracker: Microplastics found in fresh Antarctica snow for first time

Britain's polar research ship is preparing for its second voyage to Antarctica to investigate sea level rises and threats to marine biodiversity.

WION Climate Tracker: Britain's polar research ship to make second voyage to Antarctica

Covid-19 outbreak has hit a US station in Antarctica. This has been Antarctica's largest-yet outbreak of Covid-19, leaving 9 out of 10 personnel in its largest station infected. The infections have swept through US-run station.

Antarctica gets hit by Covid; NSF pauses all inward travel to continent

New Zealand's PM has visited a base in Antarctica and allocated $200 million for rebuilding it. PM also called for regional cooperation against climate change.

WION Climate Tracker: New Zealand's PM visits base in Antarctica

Four women will run the world's most remote post office in Antarctica. They will also be responsible for counting the penguin population throughout their five-month stay. Priyanka Sharma tells you all about this bizarre job.

WION Fineprint | Four women chosen to run the world's most remote post office

An investigation into Australia's research camps in Antarctica revealed a culture of sexual harassment and toxic masculinity. Women complained of unwanted advances and sexual taunts by their fellow researchers. Priyanka Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Sexual harassment reported in Antarctica research bases

The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, also referred to as the “doomsday glacier” due to the threat that it poses to the global sea level in case of a collapse, is retreating at an alarming pace.

'Doomsday glacier' in Antarctica leaves scientists concerned with alarming rate of erosion

The phenomena of climate change was pushed by industrial revolution. Different countries who gradually moved to the path of industrialisation contributed to the climate change.

What's hidden inside the newly introduced Indian Antarctic Bill?

Capt. Preet Chandi sought to demonstrate that "no matter where we are from, no matter what we look like, we can achieve anything we desire" by becoming the first woman of colour to successfully complete a solo, unassisted expedition to the South Pole.

Who is 'Polar Preet'? She can be first woman to trek solo, unaided across Antarctica

Earth's southernmost continent of Antarctica is having a dazzling mid-winter. The usually dark skies have been brushed with scintillating bright hues of purple, pink and orange.

Antarctica dazzles in bright lilac, orange skies at night; seven months after Tonga volcano eruption

In an alarming development, microplastics have been found in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica for the first time. This is concerning as it could accelerate the melting of the snow and ice which would disrupt the continent's unique ecosystems

Microplastic found in fresh snowfall in Antarctica

After making its presence felt in human lungs and blood, microplastics seem to have breached another frontier. It has been found in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica, media reports said.

Is it a warning? Microplastics breach another frontier, now found in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica

In pics - Marine life in newly explored Antarctic river deep beneath the ice

Bacteria in Antarctica have been discovered with genes that give them natural antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance and have the potential to spread out of the polar regions, according to scientists in Chile.

Bacteria with antibiotic resistant genes discovered in Antarctica

Imagine four months without any sunlight – That is the reality for Antarctica as it entered the ‘long night’ period with the final sunset on May 13. The isolation and extreme temperatures in the region may feel intimidating to most people but it also presents a special opportunity for astronauts to prepare for their space missions and practice living in some of the harder conditions on earth.

'Extreme environment': Antarctica goes dark for four months as 'long night' begins

There's a major breakthrough in the understanding of how ice flows in Antarctica. Research suggests that there is the largest reservoir of liquid water below the ice stream and it affects how the ice flows in Antarctica.

Antarctica: Scientists find ocean-floor like sediments under ice stream

Emperor penguins are now facing an existential threat due to Global Warming. A researcher at the Argentine Antarctic Institute believes that emperor penguins might disappear within the next 30-40 years

Study reveals threats to Emperor Penguins, species may disappear in 30-40 yrs

Climate change threatens Emperor penguins; species faces extinction in 30 years

Antarctica is a frigid landscape with unending ice in any direction you see. But what lies below thousands of metres of ice? More ice or something else?. Do mysterious organisms lurk beneath?

Antarctica: Scientists find subglacial aquifer teeming with seawater

Climate change and rapidly rising temperatures at the poles are threatening the lives of Adelie penguins dealing with food insecurity.

Two versions of Antarctica: Penguins faltering on western Antarctica

The rapid collapses of two ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula over the past quarter-century were most likely triggered by the arrival of huge plumes of warm, moisture-laden air that created extreme conditions and destabilized the ice, researchers said Thursday.

Scientists solve an Antarctic puzzle

The clock is ticking to save the planet and the United Nations has come out with a new report that hints at Global warming could cause profound human misery.

UN report: Global warming could cause profound human misery

UN climate report: The World needs to cut down on emissions

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