A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving process' was captured by satellites. Credit; ESA - European Space Agency ...

The Antarctic Treaty System has been long heralded as a model of international cooperation. It has successfully maintained ...

By using a fiber-optic cable to detect tiny vibrations a mile below the surface, scientists discovered a surprising way that ...

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

Roxanne Beltran, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, is among 50 people from around the ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...

Little wonder the poles can seem timeless, places of desolate beauty – tundra and rock in the north, and wind and ice in the ...

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ICE, a key U.S. immigration agency, has ramped up deportation efforts under the Trump administration, including using military planes and expanding enforcement near schools and churches ...

The world's largest iceberg - a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island - is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that's home to millions of penguins and seals.