China's research icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday, marking the completion of key missions ...

当南极海冰达到夏季最小值时，北极海冰覆盖范围也正接近卫星观测史上最低的冬季水平。今年2月中旬，全球海冰覆盖面积比2010年之前的平均水平减少了约250万平方公里（100万平方英里）。这意味着地球缺失的海冰面积足以覆盖美国密西西比河以东的整个大陆区域。

Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...

The findings explain how most common plastics shed nanoscopic pieces into the environment – not just when they’re burned or crushed, but slowly and quietly, just by sitting out in the open.

Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to levels 30% below the ...

The researcher also found microplastics and soot in the Antarctic snow samples collected. One of the hypotheses is that the material came from wildfires in the Amazon and were carried to ...

British Antarctic Survey employee, Nathan Rhind, 27, left for the furthest reaches of the Southern hemisphere last November ...

A story I love to tell, which sounds outrageous but is technically true, is that I am the holder of a word first: I am the ...

Outside, the scientist shows the snow smelter, or 'smelly', which they ... several members of the expedition and approached the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, an organisation working with ...