Antarctica's harsh otherworldly climate gives a glimpse into the simple microscopic communities that dominated Earth for much of its history, and insights into how life survived the global ice age.

The village of Innaarsuit is located on an island in northwestern Greenland. Officials with Avannaata, a municipal district ...

An international team of scientists have discovered a mysterious, ancient landscape hidden beneath the ice sheet of Eastern ...

The roof of Africa isn't exactly where you'd expect to be able to ski, but at 19,341 feet, there's bound to be some snow.

NASA satellite data have revealed that Antarctica experienced a surprising ice mass gain between 2021 and 2023, despite ...

For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath ...

Researchers revealed that the Southern Ocean is changing in ways that differ from what scientists had expected.

Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the ...

Most meetings reward the loudest and quickest voices. Fast talkers dominate, while more reflective thinkers get sidelined. Ideas are judged not by their substance but by the confidence with which they ...

East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by a ...

The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered—and ...

Because of an unstable polar vortex, experts have projected record low levels of Arctic sea ice for the coming winter.