In the 1990s, the Greenland Ice Sheet as well as the rest of the Arctic region were observed to be measurably thawing as a ...

Antarctica’s glacier retreated at an unprecedented speed, shrinking 25 kilometers in just 15 months. Find out how.

The crowd of animals was discovered as part of the Walrus from Space project, which is using satellite imagery to explore ...

Antarctica has long been treated as a frozen constant, a white backdrop to the planet’s climate drama rather than its main ...

When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away ...

The Sikuliaq will support three research projects starting in early January.

Recent satellite images from NASA’s Earth Observatory reveal a concerning trend: Antarctic sea ice has reached its ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ...

There are several frozen moons in our solar system, orbiting the gas giants. Some of them, despite having temperatures that would make Antarctica feel tropical, have liquid water under the surface.

Melting Antarctic ice reveals rocky peaks that release iron, which drifts into the ocean and helps tiny plants absorb carbon ...

The research vessel Sikuliaq will begin a long journey to Antarctica this week, marking a new era for the Seward-based ship and its crew. The ship, which has been owned by the U.S. National Science ...