"For us, it's not just a new discovery, but also a wake-up call." Scientists stunned by new images from beneath Antarctic ice ...

Southern California has been jolted by a strong earthquake near San Diego. The U.S. Geological Survey says Monday morning's earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 and was near the mountain town ...

A new study has shed unprecedented light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian ...

In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms.

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

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Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...

A new study found parts of Antartica could pass a tipping point for mass ice sheet losses as soon as 2050 – pushing sea ...

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

A hidden ecosystem untouched for centuries has been revealed beneath Antarctica after a Chicago-sized iceberg broke off the George VI Ice Shelf, exposing a marine world never seen before. In early ...

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

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