Scientists are rethinking what we knew about a vanished ice sheet — and that could spell trouble for New York City.

Some places on planet Earth are inaccessible due to their difficult terrain. Experts studying planet life are not able to ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

An overlooked Antarctic water system could raise sea levels by more than 2 meters by 2300, computer simulations show.

The mission, jointly operated by the United States and India, will measure minute changes to land, ice, and ecosystems around ...

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

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

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

Climate change is causing a significant redistribution of mass on Earth due to melting ice sheets, leading to a shift in the ...

UCT researchers explored Antarctica’s Fimbul Ice Shelf, collecting data to model future climate shifts and marking South ...

Xuelong 2, one of the ships from China's 41st Antarctic expedition team, departs on a nearly seven-month mission to ...