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

A massive iceberg broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica in January, giving researchers a rare opportunity to ...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

For all of human history, Antarctica has been ice-covered and desolate. Now, a new model shows the hidden continent beneath ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the ...

The amount of springtime sea ice in the Arctic set a record low this month, continuing a trend of shrinking ice at the top of the world.

This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, according to data released by the US National ...

Isolation, frigid temperatures and old food are small prices to pay for the opportunity to do research in Antarctica.