Underneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet lies one of the planet’s greatest mysteries. What would happen if every last piece of ...

Scientists studying Antarctica have discovered that northerly winds—not westerlies—are driving major ice loss in West ...

Can technology save the poles? A new study says no - five proposed fixes to halt polar ice melt fail on cost, risk, and ...

It's about as remote as it gets, yet what happens in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica impacts all of us. And what's going on down there? Over the past few years, researchers have discovered dramatic ...

Briny warm water is mixing on the surface of the ocean, making sea ice melt faster, a new study found. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Some of the water around Antarctica has been getting saltier. And that ...

Ice generates electricity as a response to stress when it bends. Experiments with pure and saline ice found that with enough ...