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

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

The ice column is the length of six Empire State buildings. It represents ancient record of the Earth's climate and the story of a once warm Antarctica before it morphed into a snowy desert.

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

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

A major ice shelf in Antarctica appears to have survived a period of hot temperatures more than 120,000 years ago, indicating that the West Antarctic ice sheet may not be vulnerable to complete ...

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

Scientists have successfully analyzed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate ...

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond ... the candidate areas to find the right site before drilling started.” The oldest ice, at the greatest depth from the surface, exists at the lowest ...

There is indirect evidence that, during the last interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago, parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated. An ice core drilled from the ice sheet near the ...

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 world's biggest iceberg is drifting toward a tiny south Atlantic island, potentially affecting the wildlife there, ...