Join the Americas Program for a conversation on what will be discussed at this year's Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) in Milan from 23 June to 3 July 2025. The Antarctic Treaty has stood ...

Beneath Antarctica's vast ice sheets lies an estimated 511 billion barrels of oil and gas—a discovery that has transformed the frozen continent from a symbol of scientific cooperation into a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. In April, I reported on the fight for Antarctica and the ...

A rare rebuke from the Foreign Relations Committee elevates years of quiet prospecting into a test of whether the US will enforce a ban it helped to write.

Scientists and policy makers fear collapsing international norms will be devastating to Antarctica.

Foreword / Prince Albert II of Monaco -- Preface / Paul Arthur Berkman [and others] -- Science as a tool of diplomacy. Building the international legal framework for Antarctica / Marie Jacobsson -- ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China has drafted a law on Antarctic affairs, as Beijing looks to protect its interests and strengthen its role in the governance ...

The commotion over the world’s biggest island may be a prelude to a potential conflict over the “Continent of Peace.” The new US National Security Strategy calls to “restore American [...] ...