Three decades of satellite observations reveal how warming ocean water is pushing some Antarctic glaciers further inland.

Scientists have drawn up the most accurate map of Antarctica, offering background to the continent’s response to climate change.

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity ...

Pandas, think back to your favorite subject in school. Maybe it was English, science, math… or if you were feeling adventurous, geography. The subject itself might be easy to remember, but the actual ...

The Blood Falls is the result of a complicated interaction in which overlying ice, underlying rock, and an ancient lake bed ...

"It's like the balloon that's not punctured everywhere, but where it is punctured, it's punctured deep." ...

With untouched wilderness as far as the eye can see—and a distinct lack of tourists—this highway offers a glimpse of what the ...

A new map reveals where Antarctica is retreating fast, exposing hidden hotspots of grounded ice loss and future sea level ...

The “gravity hole” formed at least 70 million years ago after convection in Earth’s mantle. The weak gravity could impact our ...

“A winter walk in a local park, a gentle hike, snowshoeing on flat terrain, sledding with family, or simply building a small ...

Captain John King Davis is considered one of Australia's greatest Antarctic explorers. But even though his name has been immortalised on the icy continent, he ended up being buried in an unmarked ...

The new map revealed tens of thousands of previously undiscovered landforms. Alexey Belenkiy via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-SA-3.0 Scientists have long known more about the surfaces of some other ...