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

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

All of these changes, we can plot them and if we look exponentially, we see catastrophic effects in the next few years, ...

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 ...

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

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica ...

For over a century, Antarctica’s Blood Falls has remained one of the most baffling phenomena on Earth, captivating scientists ...

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

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

What animals live in the coldest areas of the planet? We've done the research! Meet the animals thriving in earth's polar ...

Polar bears have a built-in defense against ice — greasy fur. A team of scientists has discovered that their fur is coated in ...

President Donald Trump is continuing his first-term focus on building a big, new American icebreaker fleet. Days after his ...