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

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

Bulges might appear when lakes under the ice sheet fill, or disappear when they empty. More than 140 active subglacial lakes ...

NASA satellite measurements calculate that since 2004, Antarctica as a whole is losing 130 billion tons of ice each year. This is the weight equivalent of 356,000 Empire State Buildings.

Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica ... Sharper satellite images helped form the backbone of Bedmap3, which updates maps of icy Antarctica — particularly among the high mountains ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

NASA's airborne survey investigates how ice in Antarctica is responding to a changing climate. Now in its ninth year, the operation conducted a set of nine-hour research flights over West ...

Dehradun: Antarctica's summer ... as per a report by Nasa and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). This dramatic retreat, captured in satellite imagery, underscores an unsettling trend ...

Nasa said: “A geothermal heat source called a mantle plume lies deep below Antarctica's Marie Byrd Land, explaining some of the melting that creates lakes and rivers under the ice sheet.

NASA says Operation IceBridge is the “largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever flown.” Scientists make flights over Greenland in March through May and over Antarctica in October ...