After scientists reported a brief but notable uptick in ice mass in Antarctica, climate skeptics utilized the data to claim ...

Antarctica’s name wasn’t random—it has ancient Greek roots meaning “opposite the Arctic.” Here’s the story behind the coldest ...

A study co-led by Irina Gorodetskaya, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research ...

Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

Scientists find that ammonia wafting off the droppings of 60,000 birds contributed to the formation of clouds that might be insulating Antarctica, helping cool down an otherwise rapidly warming ...

A new academic study reveals how Cold War paranoia, space medicine, and germ theory collided in one of the most bizarre ...

The Kharkovchanka is one of the most remarkable vehicles ever built to conquer the extreme environment of Antarctica. Designed by the USSR in the 1950s, this massive tracked vehicle was engineered to ...

President Donald Trump has begun eroding the United States presence in Antarctica by announcing deep funding cuts to his ...

The researchers further demonstrated that the ammonia kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction. Out at sea, tiny plantlike ...