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 ...

Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include rainfall, according to new research.

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...

Artists, winter enthusiasts and builders of all ages and experience levels have been working for weeks in garages, workshops, and backyards to design and build inventive entries for Artful Ice ...

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Mount Vinson, Antarctica Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November ...

The Power of Visual Evidence In a world where seeing is believing, the power of visual evidence cannot be overemphasized.

A high-tech submersible has mysteriously vanished beneath Antarctica’s most dangerous glacier, leaving scientists baffled and ...

The new paper, published today in the journal Nature, shows that large parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet were lost, contributing to significant sea level rise. However, the data also suggests that ...

Antarctica's ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously known because of climate change, according to a new US Geological Survey report prepared in close collaboration with the British ...

except along the northern West Antarctic ice shelves, which are now near-average. Days after our last report, surface melting exceeded the all-time record set just a week earlier in December with an ...

A new study led by geologists and geographers from the University of Florida provides new insights into Antarctic ice shelves and how they respond to climate change. While warming temperatures are ...