When we think of deserts, we often imagine hot, sandy places. But the largest desert in the world is actually freezing cold!

While both deserts are dry, Antarctica is considered the driest continent due to extremely cold air that contains little to no water. However, Antarctica is home to wildlife such as penguins ...

However, there are plenty of states around the world with barely any people at all. Economic, political and geographical ...

"These winds isolate Antarctica and help to keep most of it cold as the rest of the world warms." The researchers say this is the first study to show that the plants in East Antarctica are being ...

A Chinese study has revealed how a type of algae adapts to cold temperatures in Antarctica with special proteins and enzymes. Chlorella is a genus of unicellular green algae distributed all over the ...

It is a symbolic marker and a place for photo opportunities. Most of Antarctica is covered in ice because of its cold climate. Antarctica has an average temperature of -30˚C but it can reach -60 ...

Even in Antarctica ... the region’s dryness and cold, some microbes and invertebrates, including roundworms and water bears, thrive in this frozen desert. Water bears, or tardigrades, are ...

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So it may come as a surprise to find one of the keenest advocates of cold water swimming in Wales ... formative years in the heat and dust of a desert. For Amr Madbouly, a decarbonisation ...