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

Ice cores that record 1.2 million years of Earth’s atmosphere are on their way to Europe to be analysed, and an Australian ...

Stormtracker Meteorologist Steve Glazier recently talked with NBC climate reporter Chase Cain to learn firsthand about how we ...

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

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

Icebergs as large as cities, potentially tens of kilometres wide, once roved the coasts of the UK, according to scientists.

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

What they didn’t know was that Antarctica is in fact incredibly valuable — as a cornerstone of Earth’s climate. “Most of this Continent is completely unknown and unexplored,” notes this ...

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

An overlooked Antarctic water system could raise sea levels by more than 2 meters by 2300, computer simulations show.

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