In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.

Frozen deep beneath Antarctica and Greenland lies something remarkable. Tiny bubbles of ancient air, locked away in ice for hundreds of thousands of years, hold secrets about our planet's past.

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...

Over the holidays, a team of researchers, including one from Minnesota, is hard at work in Antarctica. The scientists are ...

Far beneath Antarctica’s ice and fringing seas, scientists have revealed a labyrinth of more than 300 hidden canyons that appear to act as expressways for heat, salt, and nutrients. The discovery ...

A sophisticated unmanned submarine transmitted valuable data to its operator before disappearing in Antarctic waters.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If it were to ever melt away entirely, it would add 10 feet to global sea levels. Even considering how ...

Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice ...

An international team has set up a remote camp on the ice 700 km from the nearest base (New Zealand’s Scott Base) to attempt to drill for mud and rocks holding critical insights about the fate of the ...

Antarctica has moved to “the front of the line” as a global warming threat that’s already well beyond expectations, and it’s happening fast. Based upon statements by polar scientists over the past 18 ...

PUPILS from Colmers Farm Primary School in Rednal have designed flags now proudly flying in one of the coldest places on ...