Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting ...

The great ice streams of the Antarctic and Greenland are like frozen rivers, carrying ice from the massive inland ice sheets ...

"Unexpected changes being observed in East Antarctica." Scientists observe concerning 'unexpected changes' in Antarctic ice ...

Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg ...

Aside from the obvious problems of melting Antarctic ice, this problem of hidden volcanoes becoming active could spell ...

An international team of researchers has shown that countless tiny ice quakes take place in one of Greenland's mightiest ice streams. This finding will allow the flowing of the ice sheet and ...

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

The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica ... the same path as previous massive icebergs, passing the east side of the Antarctica Peninsula through the Weddell Sea along a route ...

Satellite images, including recent data captured by NOAA's GOES East satellite on Jan. 22 ... scientists since it broke away from the Antarctic ice shelf in 1986. After remaining immobile for ...