Microbes near the surface of the Southern Ocean sustain the polar food chain — impacting the nutrient flow from the surface ...

Beneath Antarctica’s endless ice, rumors grew of hidden tunnels, geothermal lakes, and even German strongholds that escaped ...

Scientists used radar to find hidden layers under Antarctica’s ice, revealing ancient sediments, buried landscapes, and warm ...

Buried beneath endless ice is a story long erased from history. Ancient structures, strange discoveries, and unanswered questions point to a past we were never meant to see.

Children from across New Zealand aged 6-12 can explore the natural wonders of Bay of Plenty from the comfort of their ...

Whether they realize it or not, we are forever pitting celebs against each other in an imaginary competition of who can come ...

Now in the Whakatane area, Dr. Craig Miller, Senior Volcano Geophysicist at the Earth Sciences NZ explains that the region is a great location to show case a range of natural phenomena and how they’ve ...

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean ...

Endurance athlete Colin O'Brady, celebrated internationally in 2018 as the first person to traverse Antarctica solo and unassisted, is returning to the unforgiving continent for an even more arduous ...

Martin Jucker receives funding from the NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre. Right now, cold air high above Antarctica is up to 35ºC warmer than normal. Normally, strong winds and the ...

"What we're seeing is things like extreme heat waves, levels of temperature change in Antarctica we've never seen before and didn't expect to see. We're seeing the ice retreating at a rate we'd never ...

Earlier in 2025, UNSW Sydney Ph.D. candidate Christina Schmidt submitted her thesis—from the deck of Australia's multi-billion-dollar icebreaker, just off the East Antarctic coast. Schmidt's research ...