"We need more study." Leading scientist issues dire warning about disturbing phenomenon in Antarctica: 'I'm not sure I have the capacity to really think it through' first appeared on The Cool Down.

An international team of scientists have discovered a mysterious, ancient landscape hidden beneath the ice sheet of Eastern ...

The unexploded ordnance beneath one of Antarctica’s many penguin colonies probably poses no risk to humans working nearby. While this may seem like a crazy sentence to write, it accurately reflects ...

Scientists call for better protection of Antarctica’s vulnerable seafloor ecosystem as ship traffic increases around the continent.

The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...

British Antarctic Survey A team from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are attending this year's Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM), a diplomatic forum to discuss the governance and ...

The Edinburgh-based firm, Christian Salvesen, operated whale processing ports at the aptly named Leith Harbour at Stromness Bay in South Georgia, a British overseas territory about 870 miles ...

Populations of Antarctic seals have halved over 50 years amid a warming climate and shrinking sea ice, a new study has shown. Researchers from Madingley Road-based British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have ...

King Charles praises British Antarctic researchers in touching midwinter message The 76-year-old monarch highlighted the researchers' resilience in one of the most isolated parts of Earth ...

Charles pays tribute to ‘resilience’ of Antarctic research scientists While the UK enjoys its longest day of sunlight on Saturday, British scientists at the South Pole experience 24 hours of ...

While the UK enjoys its longest day of sunlight on Saturday, British scientists at the South Pole experience 24 hours of darkness. The King has recorded a personal message for Antarctic ...