Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes, around 60 researchers boarded the RSV Nuyina icebreaker ship for ...

"For us, it's not just a new discovery, but also a wake-up call." Scientists stunned by new images from beneath Antarctic ice ...

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

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, contributing approximately 0.07 mm per year to global sea-level rise. A study ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, ...

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there ...

By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its ...

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

Chinese researchers were surprised to find growth in coastal glaciers in East Antarctica two years ago ... These two ice sheets hold two thirds of the freshwater on Earth, and their melting – because ...

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

Since the launch of the system on March 1, it has replaced traditional diesel power sources, providing uninterrupted ...