When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

Scientists are working to shed new light on an enduring climate mystery – one that, if solved, could help them make more accurate ...

It's an ice core 2,800 meters, or some 1.7 miles ... of researchers excavated the ice at Little Dome C Field Camp in Antarctica, located 10,607 feet (3,233 meters) above sea level.

Much of Earth's heat uptake is passed to the ocean, making ocean heat content key for understanding long-term climate ...

Xuelong 2, one of the ships from China's 41st Antarctic expedition team, departs on a nearly seven-month mission to ...

“What COLDEX’s mission is is to push back the ice core record in Antarctica older than we’ve ever gotten it,” Chalif said. They are searching for ice that’s millions of years ol ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

a new race is under way in Antarctica, this time motivated by the need to understand one of the gravest threats facing humanity. While other ancient climate records exist, only the ancient ice ...

Fairuz Ishraque, a Bangladeshi scientist, recently journeyed to the icy continent of Antarctica, where he spent 69 days conducting research in the Allan Hills, a notable group of hills in the region.

"Sea level is rising twice as fast now as it was just 25 years ago because all of that ice is melting so fast," Hayhoe said. A lot of that extra water is flowing to our shores from Antarctica ...

These included extensive surveying and mapping, such as seismic and radar studies, glaciology, ice core drilling, atmospheric research, and oceanography. Antarctica was shown to be a single ...