The findings, published Friday in Nature Geoscience, based on a meticulous analysis of Landsat images from 1986 to 2021, show ...

Although Antarctica doesn’t have good soil, these mossy pioneer plants could create richer habitats that could be ripe for ...

Using satellite data, scientists found that vegetation cover grew from 213 acres in 1986 to 2,952 acres in 2021, and that ...

Vegetation on Antarctica has increased more than tenfold in the last four decade due to the warming effects of climate change ...

Greening of Antarctica alters local ecosystems and signals broader climate change effects worldwide. Researchers warn of ...

In a previous study, which examined core samples taken from moss-dominated ecosystems on the Antarctic Peninsula, the team ...

Antarctica is undergoing dramatic changes as sea ice hits its lowest winter levels on record and plant life rapidly expands ...

NASA and its international partners are launching scientific investigations on SpaceX’s 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station including studies of solar wind, a ...

As plant cover continues to advance rapidly across miles of what was once Antarctic ice, scientists are sounding the alarm on ...

Parts of frozen Antarctica are turning green from growing plants as the region is hit by extreme weather phenomena.

Antarctic Peninsula experiencing rapid greening due to climate change, with vegetation cover increasing significantly, accelerating in recent years.

Roland said their new study was in part spurred by previous research showing how fast patches of Antarctic moss were growing vertically and how microbial activity in tiny patches of soil was also ...