Deep under almost three kilometers of Antarctic ice, scientists expected to find a frozen archive of Earth’s distant past.

The Antarctic seafloor is one of the last truly unseen places on Earth, and the machines we send into that darkness are ...

After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this Antarctic expedition is ready to start.

Antarctic ice loss increased rapidly in past climates when oceans warmed first, raising risks for modern coastlines.

Ultimately, researchers determined that prior climate models omitted key features and underestimated the extent to which warm ...

Headlines about melting ice sheets usually focus on what is lost and then move on. What comes next is often overlooked, even ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water that attack the ice from below. These secretive currents, spinning in the ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...

The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea—an important dynamic for ...

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of ...