An article published recently in Nature Geoscience warns that Antarctica's ice masses have begun to experience a process scientists call "Greenlandification." The term refers to the unprecedented ...

Antarctica has lost enough ice over the last 30 years to cover the City of Los Angeles area 10 times over, according to new ...

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

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

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 ...

Antarctica’s frozen frontier is retreating, and the scale is far greater than many realize. Over the last several years, ...

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

A new study shows Antarctica’s biggest ice losses are happening at a few weak coastal gateways where glaciers are retreating inland.

Melting ice is an emblem of climate change. For sea ice, the Arctic has been grabbing most of the headlines for its truly ...

Antarctica is offering all kinds of jobs for people who are brave enough to live and work on the continent. It’s brutally ...

The commotion over the world’s biggest island may be a prelude to a potential conflict over the “Continent of Peace.” The new US National Security Strategy calls to “restore American [...] ...