The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, located in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), are among ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...

The frozen edges of Antarctica are less stable than they appear. Beneath the wide, seemingly immovable shelves of ice, the ...

Antarctic ice loss increased rapidly in past climates when oceans warmed first, raising risks for modern coastlines.

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...

CAPE LEGOUPIL, Antarctica — From the ground in this extreme northern part of Antarctica, spectacularly white and blinding ice seems to extend forever. What can't be seen is the battle raging thousands ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

Iceberg A-23A has had a long and arduous journey. It first broke off from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. Afterwards ...