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

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

And just when things couldn’t get more conspiratorial, Khalifa brought up the “ice wall” theory - an infamous flat Earth ...

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

The world's biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that's home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton slab ...

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

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ice loss. A vast network of lakes and streams lies beneath the thick ...

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

The world's biggest iceberg -- more than twice the size of London -- could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals. The ...

Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found corals, sponges and even giant sea spiders some 750 feet under the ...

But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ways. Recent scientific studies reveal that melting ice sheets in West Antarctica might trigger ...

One of the most astonishing discoveries was evidence from fossils that Antarctica had once been part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana — a warm and ice-free terrain, teeming with life.