The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered—and ...

Almost two-thirds of the world's population is affected by the monsoon—the annual arrival of intense rains in areas north and ...

The discovery resets our understanding of how ice behaves in the frigid vastness of deep space and could influence our ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

Antarctica, the frozen continent at the southernmost point of our planet, remains one of the most mysterious and unexplored places on Earth. Spanning over 14 million square kilometers, Antarctica is ...

How can climate change influence volcanic activity? This is what a recent study presented at the Goldschmidt Conference in ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

Dan Conaway says, “Like much of what I learned in the backyard of my childhood, honor has become a quaint deceit.” ...

A trove of prehistoric Ice Age treasures are being exhibited alongside classic works of art to show why they deserve their ...

A cultural burn in Fort Yukon, Alaska in May 2024. The wildland fire community, along with governments, policy makers, and ...