The sun never rises and temperatures drop to -50, but many of Scott Base’s winter crew of 12 people keep coming back.

If there's one place on Earth to witness the most breathtaking sunrises and sunsets, it has to be Antarctica, the ...

A dramatic geological event millions of years ago led to a stunning drop in sea levels. New research reveals how this ancient ...

Strangest of all, scientists have found that its gusts of gas are loaded with tiny crystals of metallic gold, no larger than 20 micrometers. Over the course of a single day, it's estimated that the ...

Imagine stepping onto the icy shores of ancient Antarctica—not to see today’s tuxedoed, knee-high Emperor penguins, but to ...

An Antarctica cruise is the adventure of a lifetime, allowing you to explore the remote icy wilderness of Earth's ...

Glacier Database, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated. This update includes new glacier ...

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

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

What particularly interested Cameron—himself a pioneer in underwater and deep-ocean filmmaking technology —were the custom ...

The International Space Station is preparing for the launch of ELVIS, a tool that could aid the search for extraterrestrial ...

Greenland's ice is melting, opening new sea routes and yielding easier access to prized natural resources, writes Fred Hewett. The island has become a bellwether of global disruption driven by climate ...