When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were taken aback ...

Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found corals, sponges and even giant sea spiders some 750 feet under the ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

So interior of Antarctic ice sheet, you can find ice that is 12,000 meter thick ... But I can say that to me, the major highlight was when we descended to see this outcrop of black rock, the wall, ...

Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve forecasts of sea-level rise and explore the possibility of refreezing glaciers in place.

And with virtually no rain and more than 95 percent of the landmass covered in ice, Antarctica is the world's largest desert. Not surprisingly, it also has no permanent human residents ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago that broke off of an Antarctic ice shelf has revealed a thriving ecosystem beneath it, according to researchers. On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from ...

dropping a wall of ice into the ocean. Travel to Antarctica has reached the next stage of development. There are more visitors each year and the outside world is encroaching whether as bird flu or ...

and Marine Biology at UC Santa Barbara who specializes in Antarctic research. With the advent of remote submersible robots it shouldn't be hard to work under significant ice, he said, but it ...