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

To optimists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report was a relief: 2030 still seemed enough time for humanity ...

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

A large ice-free area appeared above Maud Rise in the Southern Ocean and remained open for several weeks. Known as a polynya, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates as part ...

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and ...

A rare pack ice killer whale has been filmed in Antarctica, providing a remarkable look at the behavior and struggles of this ...

Penguin chicks, whose coats are made of fluffy down feathers, aren't as protected from the rain as adult penguins. Getting ...

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

The algae that grows on patches of ice in Antarctica alters the albedo — or the ice's reflectivity — enough to make the ...

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can ...