A top climate scientist says we may have crossed a dangerous tipping point in Antarctica—and the long-term fallout could be ...

If life can thrive and survive under the ice in Antarctica, it might also be possible it can thrive in extraterrestrial environments too' ...

The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending.

Understanding Why Antarctic Ice Loss Matters Antarctica may seem like another world—cold, distant, and forgotten—but what goes on there is already beginning to affect Antarctica may be remote, but ...

Data out of Chile suggests that as glaciers and ice caps melt in volcanic regions, released pressure and magma build-up makes eruptions increasingly likely — which could lead to a vicious circle where ...

Antarctica has hidden beneath its great mantle of ice and snow an impressive geological feature among many other things. This ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

The 'Doomsday Glacier' in West Antarctica is one of the largest and most unstable in the world - and could flood major cities ...

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

Antarctic sea ice began to change rapidly in 2015 and 2016. Since then it has remained well below the long-term average.

The funding allows earth sciences researcher Sophie Nowicki to continue leading an international ice sheet modeling project.