Antarctica

World's largest iceberg, A23a, on the move after three decades; 4,000 sq km behemoth drifting past Antarctic Peninsula

Funds will be used to buy drones, copters and set up mobile stations in Antarctica to strengthen Australia's interests

Researchers reveal that they had recorded temperatures as high as 9.2 degrees Celsius at Casey station

Esperanza base on tip of the Antarctic Peninsula records temperature of 18.3 degrees Celsius, the highest on record

The upcoming test of the rover's endurance at Australia's Casey research station is its first trial in Antarctica

Such a change far outstrips current projections and could be catastrophic for vast swathes of humanity, study reveals

The iceberg, dubbed D28, broke away from the Amery ice shelf between September 24 and 25

Dr Tayyaba Zafar makes nation proud by becoming first Pakistani woman to be selected for Homeward Bound programme

Leads to increasingly high sea levels worldwide

Presence in Antarctica of plants proving resistant to extreme conditions has sparked hope for a warming planet

Icebergs calving from Antarctica are a regular occurrence

Rise in tourism and warmer climate bring house flies and the growth of mosses in which they can live

Long-dormant bacteria and viruses, trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries, are reviving as Earth's climate warms

Company engaged in the project believes icebergs may create micro-climates in UAE and bring rain to the arid landscape

A slow-progressing rift suddenly grew by 18 kilometres at the end of December

Researchers will work on a number of interrelated fields, from biology to climatology to oceanography

Antarctica alone may lift seas a meter by 2100, study says

Colony of 160,000 has shriveled to just 10,000 since 2011

New study reveals that Antarctic ice sheet is thickening enough to currently outweigh losses due to global warming