Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) - the first UK published, ...

Scientists track Antarctic krill via satellite to monitor ocean health amid climate change and fishing threats.

Although February is still peak severe weather season, the majority of extreme events this month are being exacerbated by abnormally warm waters off our coastlines.

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The team modeled Antarctica's ...

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth's enigmatic inner core, revealing for the ...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Andrew Babbin tries to pack light for work trips. Along with the travel essentials, though, he also brings a roll each of ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

The jagged fragment has an area of roughly 31 sq miles (80 sq km) - just a fraction of the approximately 1,297 sq miles ...

Diplomatic Courier editor Jeremy Fugleberg brings you three under–the–radar stories from the Hinterlands: scientists search ...