"It does not undermine the need for mitigation efforts." Scientists make surprising discovery that could have massive impact ...

Satellite data reveals shocking speed in the collapse of Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier. What does this mean for the planet?

The Coast Guard cutter Polar Star departed Seattle, Nov. 27, commencing its 29th deployment to Antarctica in support of ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that ...

As the U.S. Coast Guard prepares to revitalize its icebreaking fleet, the Polar Star remains the only U.S. vessel capable of ...

December 2025 / Kiel. A study by an international team involving the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel shows ...

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

Two decades of satellite and GPS data show the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf slowly losing its grip on a crucial stabilizing ...

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water ...

The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that ...

A team at the University of Colorado Boulder identified a process that caused a glacier in Antarctica to retreat faster than ...