Mass changes across the Antarctic ice sheet have been detected using satellite gravimetry, revealing significant ...

Scientists at Little Dome C recovered the oldest continuous ice core, unlocking 1.2 million years of Earth’s climate history.

Scientists have recently uncovered evidence of massive ancient icebergs that once drifted across the North Sea around 18,000 ...

high-resolution 3D maps of Antarctic sea ice. Released from a ship, the vehicle crisscrossed the underside of the floes, using upward-looking sonar to measure their shape. The researchers involved ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The British Antarctic Survey's Halley VI research station modules at the old site. REUTERS ...

There are at least 50 species of icefish in the frigid waters of Antarctica. Family Nototheniidae (icefish); Himantothallus Grandifolius (kelp) Body stowed inside the ice floe, an anemone lets its ...

But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ways. Recent scientific studies reveal that melting ice sheets in West Antarctica might trigger ...

Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found corals, sponges and even giant sea spiders some 750 feet under the ...

The formation of sea ice also makes the surrounding water saltier, as salt is pushed out when water freezes. If less sea ice ...

The Antarctic had already sailed ... It took two weeks of nerve-wracking ice-floe hopping to reach the safety of Terra Firma.

In the morning they watched precious sacks of coal drop down a crevice, hover a moment on the brash ice, then sink into the Antarctic. They yelled to their dogs scattered on drifting floes.