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

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

the hollows and smooth bits are where that ice could accelerate." So could this map also be a chilling look at Antarctica’s future under a worst-case scenario? This group of scientists did not go that ...

Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to levels 30% below the ...

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

Antarctica is one of only two places on the planet almost completely covered by ice sheets, with Greenland being the other. The Antarctic ice sheet covers about 98% of the continent's land mass ...

The team observed that subsurface rivers have moved around a lot, which has affected where and how the ice might shatter or ...

Iceberg A-84 broke off from Antarctica and revealed a thriving community of sea creatures underneath. Now, researchers are ...

In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new ...

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