Scientists at Little Dome C recovered the oldest continuous ice core, unlocking 1.2 million years of Earth’s climate history.

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

Deep beneath the ice of East Antarctica’s Wilkes Land, scientists have identified a vast gravitational anomaly that could mark the site of one of the most dramatic collisions in Earth’s history. What ...

In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms.

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

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

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

Loss of the Antarctic ice sheet has traditionally been cited as ... These results suggest that changes in the atmospheric field dominate changes in the oceans. Furthermore, the team performed ...

Each piece “relaxes” in an ice cave for a year to get used to being at the surface. A crew makes observations in the field. A lot of students are involved. Then the cores are flown to McMurdo Station ...

Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

The NSF is beginning an operational retreat from Antarctica. Both the aging U.S. facilities and the research itself are ...