Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its ...

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

The subglacial hydrology of the coldest continent on the planet is giving climate experts a peek at the future.

The world has lost 5% of its ice volume over the past 20 years, with an annual melt of 273 billion tons, according to a ...

Scientists aboard Australia’s RSV Nuyina have discovered rare marine life and a jade-colored iceberg during a 60-day ...

That is not even counting the massive ice sheets covering Antarctica and Greenland ... Nations agency UNESCO assesses the impact of melting glaciers on the world’s population.

"The preservation of glaciers is not only an environmental, economic, and social necessity. It is a matter of survival," said Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the WMO.

There are many unknowns when it comes to climate change, like what might happen to the ice in Antarctica. Vast and remote, ...

A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including ...

West Antarctica, home to one of Earth's largest ... This historic pattern confirms the researchers' models: melting glaciers can directly lead to increased volcanic eruptions.

Australian scientists have announced the collection of samples from potential new marine species during their research in ...