One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ...

Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...

Iran’s president has fired one of his deputies for taking what he described as a “lavish” recreational trip to Antarctica.

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

NBC’s Chase Cain reports from Antarctica, where melting ice is accelerating sea level rise and disrupting global weather ...

A crew of four private astronauts have become the first to ever fly over the Earth's poles in space, gaining a sublime view ...

In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new ...

A rising, global demand for krill as a dietary supplement has been ravaging Antarctica's remote, frigid waters through krill ...

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...

Guests were crossing the Drake Passage at the time, a notoriously treacherous waterway between Antarctica and South America.