Both Antarctica and Greenland are very large, very cold and home to plenty of frozen territory. But there are certain other ...

Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting ...

“Nowhere on Earth is there a greater cause of uncertainty in sea-level rise projections than from East Antarctica, in Australia’s backyard. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet alone holds enough water to ...

In a study published Sept. 10, improved technology indicated that ice loss in western Antarctica is driven primarily by ...

Scientists warn of accelerating sea level rise, ice shelf collapse, climate system disruption, say media reports - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Chinese researchers were surprised to find growth in coastal glaciers in East Antarctica two years ago, prompting them to remind the scientific community to pay more attention to the region.

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ...

Geologically, Antarctica isn't easy to study. Nearly all of it (98 percent) is covered by ice, with an average depth of 1.1 miles.. This has certain obvious impacts on our ability to measure anything ...

Buried Louisiana marshes show North America, not Antarctica, fueled the world’s dramatic sea level surge 9,000 years ago.

The Ross Ice Shelf appears to be melting in previously unknown ways. This is an Inside Science story. Most of the worry over melting ice in Antarctica has focused on the rapidly melting western shore, ...

When the planet was heating up at the end of the last Ice Age, ice-melt flooded out by glaciers made oceans rise. Scientists ...