A total collapse of the roughly 80-mile-wide Thwaites Glacier, the widest in the world, would trigger changes that could lead ...

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet—sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and ...

The geopolitical race for the Arctic has become a major talking point for the international media. Antarctica hasn’t ...

Scientists say the phenomenon could “hint at” new particles or interactions between known particles that haven’t been ...

An Antarctic paradox. The ice in Antarctica is melting. If unstable ice shelves collapse and the ice on the mainland melts, global sea levels could rise by several meters, posing a threat to ...

The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, ...

Even before that, my great-grandfather traveled to Antarctica in 1989, snapping photos at Palmer Station, the year-round United States research station.