Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ways. Recent scientific studies reveal that melting ice sheets in West Antarctica might trigger ...

For the first time, scientists have directly observed the melting underside of an Antarctic ice shelf, Earth.com reported. An ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

Yet, the ice sheets of this frozen continent are increasingly catching the world’s attention, not solely because of their beauty but due to their ominous potential impact on global sea levels and, ...

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...