Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

The first solar eclipse of the year will grace Antarctica, and only a lucky few will get to bask — or waddle — in its glow.

The National Science Foundation's massive IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole just got a major new upgrade, which ...

As Trump pulls back from regulations on climate change, many scientists remain worried about the warming of the oceans, ...

A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...

A process has been discovered beneath the Antarctic ice that could weaken carbon sequestration and accelerate climate change.

For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic ...

Louis Etienne and his crew of eight scientists this week began an expedition to the remote waters of Antarctica, where they hope to gather a wealth of data to demonstrate the benefits of creating ...

The Discovery Building features a wind deflector that prevents snow from piling up next to the building. It could change how ...

After years of work building an exquisitely sensitive instrument, University of Chicago scientists stood and watched as it flew up and out of sight into the fiercely blue Antarctic sky. Launched on ...

The environment is changing rapidly around the melting Thwaites Glacier. Seals can collect data in waters that ships could ...

If you’ve been following Miles O’Brien’s reports from Antarctica, you know he’s with an international group of researchers ...