With nearly 125,000 visitors per season, more than double the number five years ago, tourism in Antarctica continued to grow ...

Mass changes across the Antarctic ice sheet have been detected using satellite gravimetry, revealing significant ...

A new study offers a research framework to help researchers "speak the same language" and protect the planet from unknown ...

Melting glaciers 10,000 years ago sped up continental drift and volcanic activity, a process that could repeat as modern ice ...

Melting ice in the Arctic and Antarctic is putting incredible pressure on animals like polar bears, penguins, seals, and ...

Imagine a world where all the land ice on Earth melts. It might sound like a scenario for a science fiction movie, but the ...

Olsen and a team of scientists had been traveling for hours on the ice when they encountered the shocking conditions, the BBC ...

The Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth, has seen temperatures rise five times faster than the ...

Wealthy adventurers and bucket listers rub shoulders with scientists looking to gather data as funding vanishes under the ...

A new study has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks. The findings suggest that the capacity of polar oceans to ...

Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes, around 60 researchers boarded the RSV Nuyina icebreaker ship for its first scientific voyage in March. They are taking part in the Denman ...

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