What you likely won’t think about is a phenomenon known as ‘ice piracy’. But according to researchers from the University of ...

"Some of the submarine canyons we analyzed reach depths of over 4,000 meters (13,123 feet). The most spectacular of these are ...

Himalayan glaciers — and global glaciers, for that matter — are far away for many, but the effects of their rapid melt can ...

Hidden landscapes under Antarctic ice may slow glacier flow. These ancient surfaces could change how we predict sea-level ...

Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat surfaces formed over 80 million years ago before Antarctica froze. These hidden ...

In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of ...

New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to extra icebergs, it’s bad news we must hear.

Scientists once thought Antarctica might hold onto its sea ice as the world warmed. No longer.

Antarctic sea ice is more than just a platform for penguins. The sea ice's high reflectivity influences the whole Earth's climate, and the ice is a key habitat for underwater as well as above ...

A top climate scientist says we may have crossed a dangerous tipping point in Antarctica—and the long-term fallout could be worse than we’re ready to face.

Learn how hundreds of “sinkites,” all around a kilometer across, are altering the strata in the North Sea.

Scientists find a 'dangerous feedback loop' in sudden sea ice melt Over the past few years, researchers have discovered dramatic and "unexpected" shifts in the Southern Ocean, with saltiness ...