When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to ...

Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

Discovered by the West not much more than 200 years ago, Antarctica’s history is unique when compared to the six other ...

Rising Sea Levels When you think about the ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, you're really looking at the biggest ...

The vehicle’s mission yielded key findings on glacial melt and deep currents before it disappeared under mysterious ...

It’s surreal to look back at the ship’s bow totally engulfed by ice. We’re the only living, breathing things here – until a ...

The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012.

The world’s largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals at ...

One 2018 study in the journal Nature found that Antarctica lost around 3 trillion metric tons of ice between 1992 and 2017, increasing in rate from 76 billion metric tons per year before 2012 to ...

Beneath Antarctica's ice, an unsuspected danger looms. Global warming could awaken dormant volcanoes, triggering a chain reaction with unpredictable consequences. This recent discovery sheds light on ...

While I respect those who consider each trip a blank slate, Antarctica is a place you don’t want to visit with an empty head. Because it’s covered with ice, snow, and fog, appreciating the ...