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

Back in January, a massive chunk of ice the size of Chicago broke off from an ice sheet on Antarctica’s coast. Exploring the waters this oversized block of ice once covered, scientists found — to ...

Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to levels 30% below the ...

Antarctica is a cold and unforgiving place, unsuited for all but the most prepared visitor, but it's also has a few more ...

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

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

In mid-January, a team of scientists were sailing aboard a research vessel in frigid Antarctic waters. They planned to investigate an unexplored section of the Bellingshausen Sea and the creatures ...

Australia and many other nations agreed to protect 30% of their lands and waters by 2030 to arrest the rapid decline in ...

Underneath Antarctica’s endless sheets of ice lies a hidden world of deep valleys, towering peaks, and sprawling plains. For ...

A team of international scientists led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has assembled the most detailed landscape map beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet. The map, called Bedmap3, uses more than 60 ...

When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf, they knew they had to stop what they were doing immediately ...

A new detailed map of Antarctica is set to significantly improve predictions of how ice flows and melts in response to climate change, say the scientists behind the project. The map ...