Blood Falls in Antarctica flows unpredictably with iron-rich, salty water. Microbes inside survive without sunlight.

The Coldest Place on Earth Antarctica is the epitome of frigid climates, with temperatures that can make you shiver just ...

Happy Valley-Goose Bay family physician Samantha Harper ran an ultra-marathon in Antarctica. (Submitted by Samantha ...

The formation of the Antarctic Ice Sheet occurred differently than was previously assumed. An international team led by U Bremen Research Alliance researchers made a surprising discovery using a ...

Ultra-marathon runner Samantha Harper poses during part of a grueling Antarctic race ... she plans to run 250 kilometres across the Gobi Desert. Her advice to others considering big challenges?

In politics, desert has become a useful noun, while adjectives help tell the story. As noted last week, a child care desert ...

In recent years, it has become painfully evident that Earth is losing ice. Greenland's ice is shrinking, at a rate of 270 billion tons per year. And Antarctica is losing its ice, too, at a rate of ...

The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend ... This is similar to how dunes form and move in a desert. However, new computer models are needed to simulate the formation and ...

Those are the challenges chefs at White Desert face when preparing menus for the 300 or so guests who check in at its luxury and adventure camps every Antarctic summer season, which lasts from mid ...

It represents ancient record of the Earth's climate and the story of a once warm Antarctica before it morphed into a snowy desert. Carlo Barbante coordinates the drilling project. We will now be ...