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

Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, new research shows ...

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 ...

Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than 10-fold over the last four decades, new research ...

greener moss fields, he said. “But we know that there are also large areas of lichens, grass and green and red snow algae that will also contribute to the vegetation area in Antarctica.” ...

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 ...

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

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