For the first time, scientists have directly observed the melting underside of an Antarctic ice shelf, Earth.com reported. An ...

Despite being overlooked down at the South Pole, Antarctica actually plays a large role in our world and you would notice if ...

For those with wealth, a trip to Antarctica has become a popular choice, but writer Paul Oswell warns that visiting can be ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

A giant hole has appeared in the sea ice of Antarctica and it's as big as Switzerland ... "This upwelling helps to explain how the sea ice might melt. But as sea ice melts this leads to a ...

Scientists at Little Dome C recovered the oldest continuous ice core, unlocking 1.2 million years of Earth’s climate history.

Because most of Antarctica's ice lurks below sea level, it is more vulnerable to melt than Greenland's land-based ice — precariously so in West Antarctica. In 1978, glaciologist John Mercer ...