After 10 days with only the open ocean and the occasional iceberg at our sides, sailing into the sea ice felt like crossing ...

When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...

Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...

Scientists aboard the icebreaker Araon welcomed 2026 with games, another time change and a soup that marks the years ticking ...

An Argo ocean float was lost in the Antarctic for months under the Denman and Shackleton ice shelves, and it returned with ...

The Antarctic seafloor is one of the last truly unseen places on Earth, and the machines we send into that darkness are ...

Wildlife photographer Justin Hofman has shared what are believed to be the first underwater photographs of a Ross seal.

The rapid expansion, over-exploitation and subsequent decline in whale stocks in the northern hemisphere in the 20th century ...

Though ice sheet melting is widely talked of and debated, there is limited knowledge about what happens after the period of melting. Researchers dig into this "after" period and see how it relates to ...

"If you're doing fieldwork for many months, the feeling of receiving a letter—an actual tangible—letter is such a lift," said Shaw.

Planes crossing the top of the world have become so normal that most people barely notice them anymore. Even so, hardly any ...