The arrival of the new year is a prime time for Antarctic birds like the south polar skua, Antarctic petrel, and snow petrel to build nests and lay their eggs. However, from December 2021 to January ...

Climate change affects the delicate ecosystem of our planet in numerous ways. Changes in temperature can warm oceans, affect marine ecosystems. Climate change can also affect weather patterns, leading ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

Extreme storms in Antarctica prevented tens of thousands of seabirds reproducing last year, and if climate change causes similar events in the future, it could accelerate a decline in numbers.

December and January represent breeding season for seabirds in Antarctica, a time when there should be thousands of active nests. But strong snowstorms during the 2021-2022 season made it difficult ...

Snow petrels were among the seabird species that did not reproduce in Antarctica's Dronning Maud Land region in 2021-22. Natalie Tapson via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Every November and December, ...