Antarctica

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s largest penguin colony has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis, a study has revealed. Scientists said the rapid demise of chinstrap penguins on…

Antarctica is often imagined as a pristine white wilderness. But along the coasts of the Antarctic Peninsula, the snow is turning shades of red and green, and penguins are partly to blame. A new study shows that penguin guano is fertilizing snow algae blooms, creating dense green patches that absorb…

In South Africa's coastal town of Hermanus, a marine spectacle takes place every year between the months of June and November, when hundreds of southern right whales migrate from Antarctica to the South African coast...Read More

A portrait of Francis Halzen is shown on the screen as Eva Olsson, Ellen Moons, and Mark Pearce announce as the recipient of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 6, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via…

On Sept. 20, the Antarctic ozone hole peaked at 10.6 million square miles (27.4 million square kilometers), the second-largest size ever observed for this time of the year. The last time the ozone hole was this big was in October 2015, when it reached a whopping 10.8 million square miles…

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For the second year in a row, Antarctica’s industrial krill fishing fleet halted operations ahead of schedule after reaching its seasonal catch limit.  The vessels had been harvesting the tiny shrimp-like crustaceans from waters around the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Orkney Islands, located about 400 miles north of the…