The rapid melting of glaciers could lead to their disappearance by the end of the 21st century, threatening water sources, ...

When the Chicago-size iceberg drifted away, scientists seized the opportunity to study the life and geologic formations ...

However, Antarctic sea ice, which surrounds the south pole, has shrunk to a near-record low. On 25 February, the Antarctic ...

The Arctic reaches its maximum sea ice in March each year and then starts a six-month melt season. The National Snow and Ice ...

Isolation, frigid temperatures and old food are small prices to pay for the opportunity to do research in Antarctica.

Subglacial water in Antarctica reshapes sea level rise predictions and reveals ancient drainage flow patterns.

Scientists have some wild ideas to slow sea-level rise caused by melting ice. Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see ...

Graduate student Tristan Bench, who majored in geology as an undergraduate, spent two months in Antarctica recording glacial ...

In a part of the world where throughout history only the pure white of snow and ice could be seen, today green moss and grass ...

Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China’s stranglehold ...

After a chunk of an ice shelf in the Antarctic broke off, scientists were able explore an unseen ecosystem below the shelf ...