Circle a country or region by sea and you will experience its changing character in a way no other trip can rival ...

Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent the data to suggest climate change is a hoax. The graphic, opens new tab ...

Researchers found 100+ volcanoes beneath Antarctic ice along the active West Antarctic Rift System, dating back to the dinosaur age. Study reveals potential "ticking time bomb" beneath West ...

Many of us know Antarctica as a land of ice and not much else. But hidden beneath the miles of glaciers and ice sheets lies a landmass that was last exposed 40 million years ago. What does this land ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The team modeled Antarctica's ...

The International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators, (IAATO) in a statement released Thursday called the incident of the Norwegian yacht Berserk that went missing in Antarctic waters last ...

The prehistoric origin story of modern birds has always gone something like this: 66 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed the Earth, an asteroid between 10 to 15 kilometers wide smacked into what ...

IN CLINIC NEXT SATURDAY. A SNOWY MORNING HERE SET THE TONE FOR THE DURHAM MUSEUM’S NEW ANTARCTIC DINOSAURS EXHIBIT. THE EXHIBIT FEATURES LIFE SIZED DINOSAUR REPLICAS. VISITORS LEARNED HOW THE ...

Related: Scientists peered into a secret Antarctic lake hidden beneath the ice — and uncovered a never-before-seen ecosystem Lake Vostok is about 150 miles (240 km) long and 30 miles (50 km ...

The world's frozen oceans, which help to keep the planet cool, currently have less ice than ever previously recorded, satellite data shows. Sea-ice around the north and south poles acts like a ...

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are both losing net mass to the ocean, mostly through increased melting from the atmosphere and the ocean. Scientists are increasingly alarmed at the changes ...

"The Amery is unique among Antarctic ice shelves given its long interior extent—greater than 500 kilometers (300 miles)—and extensive bordering bedrock exposures," Christopher Shuman ...