Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to demonstrate the viability of long-term human habitation of extraterrestrial environments. On May 12, 2022, a team of ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to demonstrate the viability of long-term human habitation of ...

Talk about a cool job. Food for two of the three U.S. research bases located in the frozen tundra of Antarctica is procured by Elgin-based St. Charles Trading Inc., which obtains enough to feed more ...

Given its obligations in the region, South Africa is uniquely positioned to represent Africa's interests in Antarctic governance.The Southern Ocean, encircling Antarctica and extending northwards to ...

Sometimes, it can seem like the natural world is just being bombarded with one piece of bad news after another. So we’re pleased to announce that, for once, something good has happened – really good!

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

Although the weather here in the Chicago area gets cold, it is nothing like freezing temperatures in remote Antarctica. The average temperature of the interior is about -71 degrees Fahrenheit. An ...

In one of Earth’s driest, most harsh environments, scientists uncovered a micro-miracle. Down in Fumarole Bay on Deception Island, Antarctica, scientists discovered Bacillus licheniformis strain ...

Scientists from the Scripps Polar Center at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are undertaking groundbreaking field research in Antarctica this season. The onset of the Antarctic ...