Research led by a University of Bristol Ph.D. student has revealed a host of thriving microscopic algae communities in snow ...

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized.

This summer, the vast Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica had so much meltwater running down its face, it looked like it was ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden Antarctic threat that could accelerate global sea level rise far faster than expected.

A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers at the University of Copenhagen the most detailed picture of the ice evolution in East Antarctica to date. The results show that the ...

Global sea levels may rise faster than previously expected, suggests a new study in Nature Communications. The reason is that ...

(CNN) — An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, according to a new study — and the way it retreated could have big implications ...

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier may be considered small, but the amount of ice it has lost in record time is a really big deal. The glacier is about 115 square miles (or roughly the size of Philadelphia ...

Remote island discovery: Scientists found unique snow and glacier algae communities on Signy Island, including a novel Ancylonema species never before recorded in the Northern Hemisphere. Challenging ...

Hektoria Glacier on Antarctica’s Eastern Peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history—in just two months, nearly 50 percent of the glacier disintegrated. This video illustrates ...