A robotic ocean float was lost under the Antarctic ice for eight months, but it miraculously reappeared, bearing some ...

Often considered the strongest meteor shower of the year, the Geminids produce numerous colorful meteors every hour. During ...

How much time does the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica have left? Our reporter Raymond Zhong and our photographer Chang W. Lee ...

New research shows that warm ocean currents triggered a rapid collapse of part of East Antarctica’s ice sheet 9,000 years ago, offering clues about future sea level rise.

Imagine peeling back miles of frozen white and revealing valleys, rivers, and mountains that haven't seen sunlight in tens of ...

New study explains how winter sea ice and melting ice shelves control the formation of deep ocean water in Antarctica.

A rogue Argo oceanographic float drifted away to accidentally collect data on one of Antarctica’s most inaccessible regions.

Tom Hunt's attempt to break Vincent Colliard's blistering Hercules Inlet to South Pole speed record has come up short by ...

Though ice sheet melting is widely talked of and debated, there is limited knowledge about what happens after the period of ...

New findings about ocean processes in the Antarctic show melting ice shelves and changes to sea ice could have catastrophic ...

Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice fall ...