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

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

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ...

They found animal and marine life as deep as nearly 4,300 feet. The species in the newly discovered ecosystem include ...

a massive floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The remnants of a massive iceberg calving event are seen from Research Vessel ...

Earlier this year, a gigantic iceberg fell from the Antarctic ice sheet. When the approximately 19-mile long chunk of ice (roughly the size of Chicago) broke off on Jan. 13, it revealed an area of ...

An ice shelf twenty times as large as the island of Manhattan, called the Conger ice shelf, had suddenly fragmented into icebergs and floated away. The Antarctic ... When they collapse, a ...

The Antarctic ice sheet behaves like a non-Newtonian fluid and may be more nonlinear than previously thought. This impacts ...

West Antarctica, home to one of Earth's largest ice sheets, sits atop a volcanic hotspot known as the West Antarctic Rift. This region contains over 100 volcanic centers—many hidden beneath ice ...

The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh water, according to research published on Monday that warned of "severe" climate consequences.