According to researchers, the increase in mass is due to unusual snowfall and does not represent a stabilization of the ...

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

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

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

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

Mites are common in the Antarctic – there are hundreds of species. Some even live in the nasal cavities of penguins. Penguin ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...

The formation of sea ice also makes the surrounding water saltier, as salt is pushed out when water freezes. If less sea ice ...

Because most of Antarctica's ice lurks below sea level ... The NPCC concluded that, by the 2080s, rising sea levels alone — without any changes in storm frequency or intensity — could make ...

Clues for Antarctica? Hundreds of ice shelves ... That indicates that the ice shelves suddenly disintegrated; without these massive floating platforms, such large icebergs could no longer be ...

which operates the two Antarctic ships, hosts researchers from institutions like Western Washington University; the University of California, Santa Cruz; and the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Researchers found distinctive scratch marks left by the drifting icebergs as they gouged deep tracks into the North Sea floor ...