Antarctica and Maine have things in common. Both have major and productive water bodies warming at a rate unparalleled in much of the world. The University of Maine has a longstanding array of ...

In 2016, the extent of sea ice in Antarctica dropped abruptly. Prior to this, the ice had been stable and slightly increasing. The loss of Antarctic ...

SpaceX's Fram2 mission has captured the first-ever space video of Earth's polar regions. Launched from NASA's Kennedy Space ...

Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) have said that Arctic sea ice most likely reached its yearly ...

In January 2025, researchers on the Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor (too) had to divert their plans after an iceberg ...

A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including ...

Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...

In March 2022, a collection of international teams embarked on an expedition to locate and document the wreck of HMS ...

The ice covering the newly discovered ecosystem belonged to the George VI Ice Shelf, a vast ice shelf "trapped" between the ...

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...

Russia does not expect global warming to cause significant changes to ice cover along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) until 2050. Sergey Zybko, the head of the NSR administration, said the ice had been ...