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Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...

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The internet poked fun at the Trump administration’s decision to impose new tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands, ...

Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...

The Government’s defence spending will hit more than 2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) within the next eight years, with a ...

Knowable Magazine answers questions about how dangerous bird flu is, where it came from, and what key events paved the way ...

The Argentinian marine biologist and conservationist has spent the past 36 years championing the world’s penguins and their ...