Despite Antarctica not belonging to any state, as many as seven countries have made historical territorial claims on it.

Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean, with the oceans in the Southern hemisphere losing phosphorus.

Research suggests that an ancient shoreline helped to sculpt the drop between Mars' southern and northern hemispheres.

Across the Southern Hemisphere, patches of seaweed are getting sick. Scientists have found strange yellow growths called galls on kelp in Latin America, southern Africa, and Australasia. The disease ...

The Pacific Ocean is the world’s largest ocean ... the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. This cold part at the top is my most northern point and is called the North Pole.

Travelers looking for warm weather getaways can find deals to destinations in the Southern Hemisphere. Popular destinations include cities in Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and ...

One member of this stellar quartet — Sigma — provides the Southern Hemisphere’s best Pole Star. The actual pole resides a bit more than 1° from Sigma, so when using such a finder you need ...

Experts say Southern Resident Orca “Ocean Sun” will soon turn 100 years old and is considered the oldest orca in the world.

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