Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km 2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, …

Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is full of unanswered questions — and this year’s Antarctica New Zealand scholarship recipients are on a mission to help solve them.

3 days ago · Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent, is almost wholly covered by an ice sheet and is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size.

Nov 7, 2025 · Cool Australian Antarctic Program news about wildlife, scientific research, stations (bases), expeditioners, ships, the environment and jobs in Antarctica.

Without any ice, Antarctica would emerge as a giant peninsula and archipelago of mountainous islands, known as Lesser Antarctica, and a single large landmass about the size of Australia, …

Sep 25, 2025 · Though Antarctica is really, really chilly, it is considered a desert because it receives very little rain or snowfall. The small amount of snow that does fall does not melt but …

Nov 6, 2025 · Antarctica faces the possibility of sudden and potentially irreversible changes to its ice, oceans, and ecosystems. Scientists warn that without a sharp global reduction in carbon …

Jul 1, 2025 · Antarctica is the coldest continent on Earth, but much of it is warming at one of the fastest rates – second only to parts of the Arctic. At nearly twice the size of Australia, …

Aug 25, 2025 · This major New Zealand Government-funded research project supports a range of physical and biological science to understand Antarctica’s impact on the global earth system …

Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent, covering an area of 13.72 million square kilometers, making it the fifth-largest continent by land area. Despite its massive size, Antarctica has no …