The geoid (the surface of equal gravitational potential of a hypothetical ocean at rest) serves as the classical reference ...

Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their ...

A deep Antarctic drill recovers sediments dating back 23 million years, offering rare insight into how ice sheets respond to global warming.

Thwaites Glacier's size isn't what most people notice about it right away. It's the quiet. A huge white slab with broken ...

For a long time, scientists knew of a “gravity hole” beneath Antarctica—an area with particularly weak gravitational force. Considering the various threats currently faced by the region, scientists ...

Vonn, Shiffrin and Brignone among the Olympic skiers voicing concern over receding glaciers Surprise shark caught on camera ...

Antarctica is home to many mysteries, but one of the strangest is an enormous 'gravity hole' deep beneath the ice. Now, scientists know why it is there.

Growing up in a village in northern Greenland, Jørgen Kristensen’s closest friends were his stepfather’s sled dogs. Most of ...

A process has been discovered beneath the Antarctic ice that could weaken carbon sequestration and accelerate climate change.

Scientists have uncovered an astonishing find beneath Antarctica’s frozen surface, a collection of fish nests neatly arranged ...

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a cruise ship after it became "beset" in ice during an Antarctica voyage. Scenic Eclipse II contacted Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star for help, authorities said in a ...