A daring expedition used a camera lowered nearly a kilometre into the heart of Thwaites Glacier. The footage offers a new glimpse into hidden ice structures and melting patterns that could reshape sea ...

Scientists are building a library of sorts on Antarctica, but you won't find books on shelves, or even a librarian on premises. That's because the contents will be stored in an ice cave deep ...

Meltwater is scrambling chemical signals in mountain glaciers, pushing scientists to store fragile ice cores in Antarctica.

Scientists have identified 85 previously unknown lakes hidden beneath Antarctica's ice using a decade's worth of satellite data. The newfound lakes are "active," meaning they periodically drain and ...

Around 9,000 years ago, East Antarctica went through a dramatic meltdown that was anything but isolated. Scientists have discovered that warm deep ocean water surged beneath the region’s floating ice ...