When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

Another as-yet-unidentified volcanic eruption in 1452-53 is thought to have been a key component of the ‘Little Ice Age’, ...

The crater was first noticed because of a strange dip in Earth’s gravitational field. Back then, ground-based surveys using ...

One of the world's most vast and mysterious land masses, Antarctica is a remote and fragile environment you can generally ...

The Heard and McDonald Islands have no permanent human residents, but they are home to millions of penguins, seals, and other ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising ... after having led teams that found a volcano underneath the west Antarctic ice sheet and that spotted several ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows smoke rising from a caldera on Tofua, highlighting the "looming threat" of the volcanic island.