Antarctica's ice shelves are under attack at their most vulnerable points. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On the frontlines of ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very ...

At Blood Falls, deep red iron-rich water oozes out of a glacier. It’s dramatic and unmissable on its own, but Blood Falls has always hinted at some greater hidden thing—that would be a vast ...

(CN) – Scientists have revealed the most detailed map of the land beneath the massive ice sheets of Antarctica – a map that offers significant insight into how the continent will respond to climate ...

It's common knowledge that Earth's southernmost continent, Antarctica, has exceptionally cold temperatures. However, you might not know the scope of the continent's frigidity. Antarctica is one of ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released an interactive map of Antarctica. It combines information on coastlines and contours and is available to everyone from tourists to researchers to the ...

Geophysicists have discovered the ancient landscape of Antarctica with huge rivers and wide valleys, which has been buried under a thick layer of ice for the last 30 million years. The ancient rivers ...

When temperatures in Antarctica soared to 38 degrees Celsius above normal – around 70 Fahrenheit – in March, a teetering ice shelf the size of Los Angeles collapsed. Scientists don’t know what role ...

A new study used NASA's ice-measuring laser satellite to identify atmospheric river storms as a key driver of increased snowfall in West Antarctica during the 2019 austral winter. A new study ...

The vast Antarctic ice sheet is held together through a precarious balancing act. It loses mass whenever ice melts or breaks off into the ocean. And it restores some of that mass when snow falls and ...