This deep-sea polar worm looks like it can't decide if it's dressed for a glitzy party or a gruesome massacre.

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg ...

Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

As the ice melts, the pressure in the magma chambers eases and the compressed magma can expand, leading to eruptions.

The world's biggest iceberg—more than twice the size of London—could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it ...

Arecent study conducted by University of Florida geologists and geographers has shed new light on the effects of climate change on Antarctic ice shelves. It found that while there has been broad ice ...

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.