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

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

It measures a whopping 210 sq miles – almost as big as the city of Chicago in Illinois (230 sq miles). But this newborn iceberg, dubbed A-84, looks like a tiny ice cube in a fascinating new ...

Buried a mile underneath the ice of Antarctica, the University of Wisconsin’s south pole particle detector, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, has discovered unprecedented amounts of energy beneath the ...

creating what NASA's Earth Observatory refers to as a "potato-shaped [ice]berg" that has since spent the Antarctic summer ricocheting off of the continent's coastline, driven by ocean currents.

Estimating the rate at which Antarctic ice masses are melting as a result of global warming is an important element in predicting sea water rise. Changes in mass can be precisely determined today with ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new ...

When the giant iceberg A74 calved from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf, it exposed seafloor ... sight in the sky above the UK. The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles is live streaming its view ...

UK scientists are seeking to understand the triggers that result in the production of giant Antarctic icebergs. Nearly half of the ice lost from ... The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles is ...