Glaciologists recorded a five-mile retreat in just two months on the Hektoria Glacier on the eastern Antarctic Peninsula -- a ...

The case began way back in 2002 with the extraordinary collapse of an ice shelf called Larsen B in the eastern Antarctic ...

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly half its size astonishingly rapidly. Scientists have now discovered the reasons behind its rapid retreat and say it raises fears for sea level ...

As the map shows, the naked land beneath the Antarctic ice sheet is a rugged land, covered in mountain ranges, gorges, and jagged terrain. Remarkably, one part of the bed found under the Byrd Glacier ...

Antarctica's glaciers are in serious trouble. While ice melting is nothing new, harmful carbon pollution is speeding up the process. A new study from Dartmouth College scientists, posted in Phys.org, ...

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll ...

Sean McKaveney balances full-time legal work with extreme endurance prep training for one of the world’s coldest, windiest ...

Scientists used radar to find hidden layers under Antarctica’s ice, revealing ancient sediments, buried landscapes, and warm ...

The claim: 'Man' can't advance more than 500 kilometers past Antarctic 'ice wall' A Dec. 13 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of a research vessel positioned near a tall, sheer ...

The constant changes in the methods of study and exploration of the planet mean that evidence of life on Earth is being found ...

A team of U.S. scientists has discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on the planet in the Allan Hills region of ...